My theory is that Paul Ryan is no Nancy Pelosi, who can ram a square peg through a small round hole.
But also, Pelosi has an entire Democrat Party that is willingly Marxist leaning and a caucus that is straight up communist inspired. THAT helps when it’s cutting time.
The Republican Party is no longer, even in the House of Representatives, an entire block of free market capitalists and *none* are seen casting even a shadow at the doors of Christian Churches on a regular basis, EXCEPT, during a campaign cycle.
(Yes. Say “hello” to Ted Cruz, as well.)
The Bird Rule apparently hamstrings legislation in a divided Republican Party, full of voters who don’t like the Republican Party much anymore, in the first place.
The Democrat Party over the decades has become coastal, we now fully realize, with the population numbers to intimidate middle America.
The Democrat Marxists have overtaken our blue ribbon universities and all influential institutions, including reducing even public schools and churches to “feel good” therapies pushing tolerance, and happiness on earth, with no real consequences for such self indulgence.
Safe places... ZZZzzzz.
Now we hear about the Bird Rule pleasing that must first occur to get anything into the Senate, for a divided Republican Party, contrary to the solid block of Democrat votes for their legislation.
And, we hear that beating the Bird Rule calls for using the “Reconciliation” process, but that it can only be used two times in one year! So, the HORepresentatives has to be savants in order to decide which two issues are most important to circumvent the Bird Rule and shove into the Senate.
How can we function with any simplicity? On the other hand, the road blocks have probably saved us from even more Leftist legislation when they are in power, across the aisle.
Another thing. I am not wild about having a single Health Czar making implementation of law with abandon. Think how we felt when Sebelious, from Kansas, was Czarina.
Also remember that the Freedom Caucus can only vote if 80% of the members agree, so that kind of locks them all into a bloc, which is the point, but it also makes flexibility on a vote hopeless.