‘Progress, progress, progress’: Republicans strike optimistic tone as McCarthy puts concessions on paper

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Leader Kevin McCarthy‘s (R-CA) allies and detractors alike signaled optimism on Thursday evening as negotiations unfolded over what it would take to sway a group of 20 Republican holdouts keeping McCarthy from securing the speaker’s gavel.

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