House Republicans pass rules package is key test for McCarthy

(CNN) -- House Republicans on Monday approved a rules package for the 118th Congress, in what marked the first test of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's ability to navigate his slim Republican majority.

The rules were passed on a 220-213 mostly party-line vote, with Texas Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales joining all the Democrats in voting against the measure.

McCarthy and his allies had to scramble to ensure they had enough support for the rules package after McCarthy's concessions to GOP hardliners to win the gavel last week frustrated some centrist House Republicans. With little margin for error -- and the vote seen as McCarthy's first test of whether he can govern -- GOP leaders left little to chance.