started. a new era on capitol hill. house republicans are back in charge but are they capable of governing? it doesn t matter whether we have a 30 or 5-seat majority. we ll use it in the manner that the american public wants us to. welcome to inside politics sunday. thank you for spending new year s day with us. we begin in politics as we begin with most questions than answers. what will the legislative priorities actually be? at the white house can president biden beat back the economic head winds and will he be able to maintain momentum from the string of 2022 wins? where we begin today on the campaign trail. what will the 2024 republican primary field look like? can whoever run succeed where the 16 candidates 2 cycles ago could not? many potential candidates have been dropping hints for months. all my focus is on the midterm elections and will stay that way for 20 days but after that we ll think about the future. now that the midterms are over i ll have more to
party. that is more unusual. for sure. i like constitutional drama. the house and the senate. but they have long looked down the hallway at them. but it is true there is kevin mccarthy trying to kind of flex on mitch mcconnell and senate republicans. to what end? mitch mcconnell has been an untouchable entity in the senate among republicans for so long. and then rick scott who s not alone. what my question is, okay. what happens to them now? because in terms of what kind of leadership positions to go for in the future. how does that work against mitch mcconnell? there is lore. they have not been able to take him on. no.
it out there and turn it into something that s hers and on the way there. she is careful not to overshadow biden. not be her own individual which is the role of the vice president but transitioning you would see more of that. that transition will happen some point. next, republicans may have won the house majority but now comes the hard part and that is governing. tech: cracked windshield? make it easy and schedule with safelite, because you can track us and see exactly when we ll be there. woman: i have a few more minutes. let s go! tech vo: that s service that fits your schedule. go to safelite.com. singers: safelite repair, safelite replace. find your beat your moment of calm
and get the numbers they would need in the challenges to mcconnell. he is aware of the fact to try to gain the majority in the senate you have to appease the moderates and making the majority in the senate. this time around rick scott is not able to do that. they didn t win. on the point about the split between the house republicans and the senate republicans, the white house probably loves that because of the fact that house republicans launching the investigations and potential impeachment and senate republicans are sending signals they want no part of that. just to the point here s a long list of investigations they had said they want to be involved in and potential impeachments of the dhs secretary mayorkas.
negotiate. it is hard to find house republican votes to raise the debt ceiling and has to be done in 2023. a key point. one of the few points of leverage that house republicans have. everyone should care. thousand. thousand. the white house is looking at those republicans that are left. about six that voted for infrastructure bill in the house. about 12 that voted for the semiconductor bill. those are the republicans they keep an eye on to sigh if they would be willing to break with the majority. what of the idea that republicans might try to impeach president biden? take a listen to james comber who is leading some of these investigations. we have his laptop and shows