Similar proposals to restrict lawmakers’ tenures that the party pushed in the 1990s went nowhere. In this new Congress, the result is likely to be the same.
The rebellion has been led by a small but vocal group of ultraconservative Republicans. But there are other, less-known defectors who could help scuttle the G.O.P. leader’s candidacy.
No Republican in Congress voted for the Inflation Reduction Act. But their districts and states will greatly benefit from the investments spurred by the law.