The GOP requires a stronger House speaker
By Rep. Andy Biggs
December 13, 2022 06:00 AM
“Why aren’t you voting for Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to be the next speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives?”
This is a question that I’ve been hearing lately, usually with a few personal pejoratives directed my way. That’s OK.
I point out to my interlocutors that the speaker is the one who sets the agenda for the House. And if you get to point the direction of the House, you will set the tone of the nation. That means you can either pressure the Senate rationally to reject a massive, budget-busting, national-debt-increasing, spending omnibus bill, or you can quietly acquiesce to the spendthrift ways of the Senate. Admittedly, the Senate holds the cards… for now. But equivocation is not an option.
Many in the Republican Party have noticed that the pre-Trump status quo is returning to Washington, D.C. They are right. The question is whether the Republican speaker of the House will lead the charge against this self-serving comity and fearlessly push back against the Biden regime’s charge over the cliff.
Republicans in the Senate have failed on this front. In fact, a number of them worked with Democrats to pass legislation that will foment abuse of religious Americans by passing the so-called Respect for Marriage Act.
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