Posted on 02/05/2015 5:03:35 AM PST by cotton1706
Roll Call reports:
The House Freedom Caucus is only a few weeks old, but some members say the new conservative faction is already pulling the House Republican Conference to the right. Before the HFC convened a single meeting, it so complicated the GOP debate on a proposed border security bill that leadership eventually had to pull the measure from the floor
The HFC could be a real thorn in leaderships side. The group is already claiming victory in what was shaping up to be an intraparty showdown over Texas Rep. Michael McCauls border security bill.
The bill was purportedly pulled because of the weather, but is conspicuously not on the schedule this week, with no commitment from leaders that the House will ever take it up.
Its an early bit of obstructionist momentum that worries some mainstream Republicans, who fear the faction is less about imparting a conservative vision and more about preventing anything from getting done.
Heres what at least one Republican aide thinks of the House Freedom Caucus, and presumably this person is not alone among GOP establishment types:
Theyre not legislators, theyre just assholes, a senior GOP aide told CQ Roll Call. These guys have such a minority mindset that the prospect of getting something done just scares them away, or pisses them off
The aide said the HFC a collection of the craziest of the crazy
This new House faction is a breath of fresh air who can potentially hold leaderships feet to the fire on key conservative issues. For an establishment that resents being made to keep their campaign promises, apparently this means being crazy or a**holes.
(Excerpt) Read more at foramerica.org ...
And this is bad why?
where do we send money
I found this list here:
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http://www.nationalreview.com/article/397170/meet-freedom-caucus-joel-gehrke
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Freedom Caucus Representatives:
Jim Jordan (R., Ohio),
Raúl Labrador (R., Idaho),
Justin Amash (R., Mich.),
Ron DeSantis (R., Fla.),
John Fleming (R., La.),
Scott Garrett (R., N.J.),
Mark Meadows (R., N.C.),
Mick Mulvaney (R., S.C.),
Matt Salmon (R., Ariz.).
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Hey right-winger loons. Stay away from beer halls: optics.
PS: I love yoose!
HFC = Rino hunt club
Good, good and good.
Mostly because they don't want to get anything with a conservative vision done.
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