"From Voz.us we are going to have fun for the next two years after the election of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House of Representatives," said the newspaper's editor-in-chief José Carlos Rodríguez on Sin Complejos, the EsRadio program hosted by Luis del Pino. With Congress divided over Republican control of the House and Joe Biden in what may be his last two years in the Oval Office, Rodriguez expects a very interesting 118th Congress.
Voz.us has reviewed the circumstances that led to McCarthy's election. Rodriguez recalls that the Republican legislator has shunned negotiation until the dates before the votes. These circumstances explain why critical legislators forced as many as 15 votes before allowing the Californian to become Speaker.
Commissions of Inquiry
Luis del Pino asked him about the star performances of the new Congress. "Undoubtedly, the most outstanding actions will come from the commissions of inquiry. The Biden name is going to be very present; not only on the president's side but also on his son, Hunter's." Hunter Biden has been involved in cases "that could constitute corruption or influence peddling" which are already on the Republican agenda.
On the other hand, he also pointed out that "thanks to the fact that Elon Musk has spent $44 billion on the purchase of Twitter, we can learn about the Administration's interventions in the social network". "The FBI, which has intervened on Twitter," specifies the director of Sin Complejos. An intervention that, as José Carlos Rodríguez recalled, could have had an impact on the last presidential elections.
Three McCarthy concessions
Finally, the editor-in-chief of Voz.us explained the terms of Kevin McCarthy's agreement with critics, and its implications for the new Congress. On the one hand, the new Speaker's commitment to exerting greater pressure on federal spending.
On the other hand, a greater presence in the committees. They will now control the Rules Committee, which allows them to control which laws will be subject to amendments, who can submit them, and how. In this way, they will have real control over the legislative process. Finally, a change in House rules will make it easier for members of the Freedom Caucus and other conservative representatives to recall him if he fails to meet his commitments.
