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Speaker Kevin McCarthy, acknowledging his leadership is under threat, is promising even if his own Republicans succeed in taking his gavel he will not leave Congress. Former GOP Speaker John Boehner left the House after resigning his Speakership amid Republican infighting. Late Tuesday morning legislation that would keep the government open for 30 days was scrapped amid what Fox News described as Speaker McCarthy being “in a bind as GOP factions, and factions within factions, [are] at loggerheads.” U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is widely seen as Speaker McCarthy’s top critic, actively working to…