BLEEDING HEARTLAND: Will Iowans’ loyalty to Kevin McCarthy be rewarded?
Originally posted on Jan. 7
The U.S. House spent most of last week mired in the longest-running attempt to elect a speaker since before the Civil War. Iowa’s four Republicans stood behind their caucus leader Kevin McCarthy from the first ballot on Jan. 3 to the fifteenth ballot after midnight on Jan. 7.
Iowa’s House delegation lacks any long-serving members; three are beginning their second terms, and Rep. Zach Nunn was elected for the first time in 2022.
As House members receive committee assignments later this month, where the Iowans land could signal how much influence they have with GOP leadership.
Traditionally, members of Congress who publicly oppose their party’s leader are punished. But McCarthy’s team made so many concessions in search of votes for speaker that several Republican holdouts could be rewarded with prime committee assignments—arguably at the expense of those who were loyal to McCarthy throughout.
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