DC politicos will be watching how the House Rules Committee will operate now that Speaker Kevin McCarthy made good on his promise to add three House Freedom Caucus members to the panel. 

If the trio can stay in agreement, they can functionally block legislation from getting to the floor. 

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) appointed two of his conservative critics to the House Rules Committee on Monday following this month’s protracted Speaker’s race, when the GOP leader agreed to increase the number of hard-line Republicans on the panel. McCarthy appointed GOP Reps. Ralph Norman (S.C.) and Chip Roy (Texas) to the powerful panel, giving them a seat on the committee that controls how bills are debated on the House floor after the pair voted against McCarthy’s Speakership bid on the first 11 ballots earlier this month.

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