The dust has barely settled from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s historic battle to win the speaker’s gavel and the California Republican already faces the first test of his leadership: passing on Monday the rules package that helped mollify his Republican foes.
The rules that will govern the chamber are hitting opposition from Mr. McCarthy’s allies in the House Republican Conference who fear he ceded too much of the speaker’s power to win the top job.
Details of the concessions that he made to members of the conservative Freedom Caucus are murky, an ambiguity that could cause some Republicans in his slim majority to balk unless more of the backroom negotiations are brought to light.