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- Kevin McCarthy rallied GOP lawmakers to oust Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
- McCarthy personally lobbied several holdouts to gain enough votes to pass the measure on the floor.
- But uniting Republicans on critical legislation going forward may not come together as seamlessly.
Last year, then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California vowed to oust three Democratic lawmakers from key panels — Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell of California on the Intelligence Committee and Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota on the Foreign Affairs Committee — if the GOP regained a majority in the midterm elections.