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House Republicans Meet on Proposed Federal Gas-Tax Suspension
Andy Harris, Sam Graves and Clay Higgins were involved in a reported shouting match at a House Republican meeting on a proposed gas-tax suspension. Coverage differs on whether it signals GOP tensions or centers on the proposal and meeting process.
Lead article · Raw Story · LEFTLate-night GOP meeting implodes into a heated shouting match: 'Disrespectful fool!'OUTLETSOUTLETS
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The sides
How each side told it
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Right-leaning readers are seeing less of this. Only 1 right-leaning outlet has covered this, compared with 4 left-leaning outlets.
WHO’S NAMED
THE FRAME57% · AVG CRED 63
“GOP conflict and leadership strain”
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HuffPostTHU 12:02 PM'F**king War!' Republicans Reportedly Fight And Stomp Out Of Mike Johnson's OfficeHarrisBad lookCRED 75Raw StoryWED 5:41 PMLate-night GOP meeting implodes into a heated shouting match: 'Disrespectful fool!'HarrisBad lookGravesMixedCRED 53Alternet.org (original publisher not identified)WED 3:34 PMGOP meeting 'gets personal' as members curse at each other and storm offHarrisBad lookGravesMixedCRED 46
People · 3 MEMBERS
Who’s in it, and how each side portrayed them
Harris and Graves were named together by 3 of 7 outlets. Counted by outlet.
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R · MD-1 · REPRESENTATIVE
Pressed House Republicans to consider a temporary federal gas-tax suspension and clashed with colleagues after Graves raised his earlier opposition to a similar proposal.
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▼ MOSTLY BAD4 OF 4 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: mostly bad, 4 of 4 outlets.
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◇ SPLITACROSS 2 OUTLETSCenter outlets: split across 2 outlets (1 mixed · 1 bad).
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▼ MOSTLY BAD1 OF 1 OUTLETRight-leaning outlets: mostly bad, 1 of 1 outlet.
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Raised Harris’s earlier opposition to a similar proposal and objected to bypassing the usual process for the gas-tax measure during the meeting.
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◆ MIXED2 OF 2 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: mixed, 2 of 2 outlets.
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◆ MIXED1 OF 1 OUTLETCenter outlets: mixed, 1 of 1 outlet.
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NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: not named.
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Defended Harris during the meeting and reportedly confronted Graves during the dispute.
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NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
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▼ MOSTLY BAD2 OF 2 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly bad, 2 of 2 outlets.
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NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: not named.
Timeline · 23 HOURS
When each side picked it up
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LEFTCENTERRIGHTRIGHT-LEANING OUTLETS ARRIVED 17H AFTER THE FIRST REPORTRIGHT-LEANING OUTLETS ARRIVED 17H AFTER THE FIRST REPORT
When each side picked it up. left-leaning: 4 articles, first wed 3:34 pm. center: 2 articles, first wed 4:48 pm. right-leaning: 1 article, first thu 8:19 am, 17 hours after the first report.
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