Pictured: House Speaker Paul Ryan looking for the least rude way to ask President Donald Trump what in the actual hell he’s doing … Look no further than the HouseFreedomCaucus. Their response to the deal? …
In fact, he’s teaming up with the HouseFreedomCaucus to get it done. … Meadows and the FreedomCaucus writ large maintain friendly relations with Bannon. … All three are leaders of the FreedomCaucus, which has about 30 members.…
Pushing the debt ceiling fight back three months comes with its pros and cons, but the conservative members of Congress, the Freedom … Caucus, are not going to be happy with any debt limit fight that doesn’t include cuts. … The Republican leadership in the House and Senate are ultimately the ones who come up with a debt ceiling bill, and we don’t know if…
Nope. 2017 health care policy Darth Vader, according to Lindsey Graham, is former White House adviser Steve Bannon. … Bannon has certainly been working all sides of the Congressional Republican conference since he was booted from the White House in … Last week it was reported the conservative HouseFreedomCaucus was working with Bannon to oust Speaker Paul Ryan.…
House conservatives gave a lame attempt at an alternative by offering up Rep. … Ryan cobbled together enough middle-of-the-road Republicans and HouseFreedomCaucus members, as well as some of the more progressive … The HouseFreedomCaucus under the leadership of Rep.…
Now the administration is hinting they don’t want that fight:
White House legislative affairs director Marc Short told reporters … Trump can seek out the FreedomCaucus all he wants.…
White House legislative affairs director Marc Short told reporters on Tuesday that President Trump would not demand that border wall … Said HouseFreedomCaucus Chairman Mark Meadows, speaking on the topic:
“I don’t know that it’s border wall funding, but it’s certainly…
House Republicans adopted their budget resolution for fiscal 2018 Thursday. The vote was 219-206. … Bloomberg reports the House budget resolution includes major spending cuts demanded by Conservatives, even as the House focuses on … The Conservative HouseFreedomCaucus agreed to allow a vote only after the White House and GOP leaders revealed tax plan details last…
In the House, Representative Carlos Curbelo, Republican of Florida, said he was drafting bipartisan legislation banning the conversion … Representative Mark Meadows, the head of the conservative FreedomCaucus, also said he would be open to considering a bill, while Representative…
resolution was introduced by California’s DNC member Bob Mulholland, who wants a more united front come midterm elections than a house … Thankfully for Sanders, and possibly the left’s 2020 chances, the resolution was struck down, giving he and King the freedom enough … He can still caucus with Senate Democrats if he gets re-elected, but his supporters will flood into the Greens and carry him bodily…
According to the AP, that passage was later highlighted to the press and a White House official said it was intended to communicate … Mark Walker of North Carolina, chairman of the Republican Study Committee in the House, quickly denounced the deal over Twitter: “The … FreedomCaucus Chairman Rep.…
After last night’s debate, Hannity said Ryan was a “saboteur” and needed to be replaced, saying members of the conservative HouseFreedom … Jordan’s spokesman insists the FreedomCaucus chairman is focused on his own race. … The FreedomCaucus simply does not have the strength or the ability to unseat Ryan right now.…
morning radio program in his home state of Wisconsin, Ryan put to rest the rumors that he’s looking to bail from his position as House … “Paul is far and away the best person to lead the House. … There has been some noise about replacing him from the far right FreedomCaucus, as they cast doubts about their willingness to vote…
One of the best anonymous quotes is from an alleged Freedomcaucus member:
“I personally just sense he really didn’t want the job … Donald Trump and his supporters in the House have already tried to smear him with attacks along that vein. … Ryan’s best bet to affect change in the House and the Party is to stay where he’s at, and he knows that.…
Ryan, as House Speaker, is an ex officio member of every House committee, and Rule X, which DeSantis references, allows the Speaker … He’s a member of the FreedomCaucus. So one could hypothesize that he’s tossing Paul Ryan a stinkbomb on his way out. … The challenge for House and Senate investigators is to get the information to the public.…
Schumer has said he was close to a deal with Trump before the White House came forward with additional demands. … By “…White House came forward with additional demands” some are suggesting that the talks to avoid the shutdown that went on between … It has to get past the HouseFreedomCaucus, however.
Trump has said that he needs the support of both Rep.…
After Speaker Paul Ryan struck a deal with the FreedomCaucus, House Republicans had the votes to pass a spending bill that would … As Politico reported, part of the deal involved agreeing to the FreedomCaucus’ demand for a separate vote on military funding. … Eleven Republicans also voted against the bill, including several members of the FreedomCaucus and two Florida Republicans, Rep.…
“I’m here to tell all of America tonight that I’m shocked to read exactly what has taken place,” HouseFreedomCaucus Chairman Mark … Meadows(R-N.C.) said in a speech on the House floor. … “I thought it could never happen in a country that loves freedom and democracy like this country.…
People who thought Republicans might get back to some fiscal sanity once they controlled Congress and the White House are rightly ticked … Then he makes a veto threat which lights a fire under the original Tea Party people and FreedomCaucus members. … Remember the “Surrender Caucus?”…
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The story broke that fired White House aide, Rob Porter, was behind the stories slamming Pruitt. … Dravis ratted out Porter to the White House in regards to his alleged domestic violence. … “Everybody who tries to stand up to this leviathan, whether it’s Trump, whether it’s the FreedomCaucus, whether it’s the guy at the…
Given the games being played by Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats regarding their articles of impeachment, this will illuminate some … , referred to as the Progressive Caucus and led by Pelosi. … Americans of good will should try to explain to America’s youth the importance of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and individual…
HouseFreedomCaucus Chairman Rep. … whose conservative GOP members derailed the Republican health care bill, leaves a closed-door strategy session with Speaker of the House … Mike Turner’s (R-OH) cross-examination of Gordon Sondland during his testimony before the House Intelligence Committee.…