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What McCarthy has offered his GOP opponents, and what’s under discussion
« on: January 06, 2023, 09:33:49 pm »
What McCarthy has offered his GOP opponents, and what’s under discussion

BY EMILY BROOKS - 01/06/23 2:44 PM ET

Here are the tentative agreements and offers that Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has made, and others under discussion, as he aims to woo the 20 Republicans voting against him for Speaker.

Thirteen of those 20 Republicans backed McCarthy in Friday’s vote, edging him closer to the Speakership. 

Several said their votes were pending negotiations. 

What McCarthy has offered

Motion to vacate: McCarthy has offered to lower the threshold to bring up a move to force a vote on ousting the House Speaker down to just one member, a change from a threshold of five members that was revealed in a House rules package over New Year’s weekend. 

That was also lowered from a threshold of half of the House GOP conference that was agreed to in November.

Floor vote to establish term limits for all House lawmakers: Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), who has introduced a term limits bill, said McCarthy made that commitment.

Floor vote on a border security bill: In a House GOP conference call on Friday, Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.) said there will be movement on legislation encompassing a border security plan crafted by Texas Republicans, according to a source.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3802775-what-mccarthy-has-offered-his-gop-opponents-and-whats-under-discussion/
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Re: What McCarthy has offered his GOP opponents, and what’s under discussion
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2023, 10:01:55 pm »
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Commitment to move bills through regular order: McCarthy has pledged to bring up 12 regular appropriations bills individually and also made commitments on an open amendment process.

Good, no more Omnibus

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Require 72 hours from release of final bill text before a vote on the House floor.

Good, no more Nancy Pelosi 'vote for it to see what's in it, the details are in the vote'.

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Bring back the Holman rule: A recently released House rules package brings back the Holman rule, which allows members to propose amendments to appropriations bills that cut the salaries of specific federal workers or funding for specific programs down to $1, effectively defunding them. 

The power to defund is always good.

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Create subcommittee on “Weaponization of the Federal Government”: Housed under the House Judiciary Committee, the panel is a response to a request from GOP members who have withheld support for McCarthy to form a “Church-style” committee to investigate alleged government abuses, in reference to a 1975 Senate select committee named for former Sen. Frank Church (D-Idaho) that investigated intelligence agencies.

Good, but they need to be utterly ruthless uncovering the truth.
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Re: What McCarthy has offered his GOP opponents, and what’s under discussion
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2023, 10:07:44 pm »
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What McCarthy has offered

Did he put it in writing?
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Re: What McCarthy has offered his GOP opponents, and what’s under discussion
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2023, 10:31:10 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on January 06, 2023, 10:07:44 pm
Did he put it in writing?
If it’s not enumerated witnessed signed and notarized it’s just another worthless campaign promise.
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Re: What McCarthy has offered his GOP opponents, and what’s under discussion
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2023, 10:36:10 pm »
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If it’s not enumerated witnessed signed and notarized it’s just another worthless campaign promise.

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Re: What McCarthy has offered his GOP opponents, and what’s under discussion
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2023, 10:47:07 pm »
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If it’s not enumerated witnessed signed and notarized it’s just another worthless campaign promise.

Well, it's "worth" is unaffected either way legally because it cannot be enforced in a court.   If McCarthy wanted to back out of it as soon as he was elected, he could.

The problem is that if he did that, the FC wouldn't vote for any rules period, so the House would be ungovernable.  Which means he'll follow through because he has no choice.

Now, that's obviously just rules, etc..  He has no obligation to cooperate with the FC beyond that.
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Re: What McCarthy has offered his GOP opponents, and what’s under discussion
« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2023, 11:51:42 pm »
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Re: What McCarthy has offered his GOP opponents, and what’s under discussion
« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2023, 11:56:20 pm »
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@DC_Draino

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Here’s how badly McCarthy got beat

House Freedom Caucus has ~45 members (20%) but got 3 out of 9 GOP seats on all-powerful Rules Cmte (33%)

KM only wanted to give 2

3 is *HUGE* b/c it’s Veto power on *every* bill

Freedom Caucus will now control every single bill in House

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Re: What McCarthy has offered his GOP opponents, and what’s under discussion
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2023, 12:07:56 am »
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@DC_Draino

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Here’s how badly McCarthy got beat

House Freedom Caucus has ~45 members (20%) but got 3 out of 9 GOP seats on all-powerful Rules Cmte (33%)

Is this legit?
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Re: What McCarthy has offered his GOP opponents, and what’s under discussion
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3 is *HUGE* b/c it’s Veto power on *every* bill

Freedom Caucus will now control every single bill in House

Something tells me that isn't quite correct....
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Re: What McCarthy has offered his GOP opponents, and what’s under discussion
« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2023, 12:20:30 am »
  I think I don't have the Trump Central App
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