What's Ahead for Rep. Kevin McCarthy and the Republican Party?

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R- Calif., secured the support inside the House GOP conference to be nominated to be speaker of the House, but faces resistance to get the votes needed to be elected in January. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R- Calif., secured the support inside the House GOP conference to be nominated to be speaker of the House, but faces resistance to get the votes needed to be elected in January.

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Rep. Kevin McCarthy is the GOP leader in the House of Representatives and he's campaigning to become Speaker in the next Congress. But a handful of House Republicans say they won't support him.

Associated Press' chief congressional correspondent Lisa Mascaro talks about McCarthy's strategy.

And NPR's Elena Moore reports on what young conservatives want from their party.

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This episode was produced by Karen Zamora, Elena Burnett and Vincent Acovino. It was edited by William Troop. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.

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