Kevin McCarthy’s Awkward, Ginger Debt Ceiling Dance

Plus: How MTG derailed a Homeland Security Committee hearing.

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters in Statuary Hall in the Capitol after announcing his debt limit increase plan on the House floor on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Good afternoon, Press Pass readers! Jim Swift here; I’m filling in again for Joe Perticone, who is away this week.…