Posted on 06/24/2015 1:58:43 PM PDT by GIdget2004
For the first time in years, Republican leaders feel they have the political capital to truly fight back against a small group of dissenters within their ranks. Senior members of GOP leadership say they are finally ready to impose the no-nonsense management style they’ve long believed in, but resisted from fully instituting.
Congressional perks must be earned. Trips abroad are a privilege, not a right. And good luck getting legislation if you cross leadership.
That’s not it. Failing to pay member “dues” to the National Republican Congressional Committee could committee gavel.
Senior GOP leadership figures repeated the same line: the right-wing dissenters want all the perks, but none of the responsibility, of being in the majority.
“When we are entrusted by our team with a position of responsibility, we have an obligation to live up to those responsibilities,” Boehner told the Republican conference at a meeting Wednesday, according to a source in the room. “We are in the majority. Part of being in the majority is advancing an agenda – a conservative agenda. You may not agree with every part of the agenda, and when you don’t, you can vote your conscience. But voting against rules is not a vote of conscience; it is a vote to hand the House floor over to Nancy Pelosi.”
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
You left out Senator Jeff Sessions, Alabama. That man is probably the most steady opposition voice we have.
You know, if any of these de-frocked Conservative congressmen had balls, they’d catch those lying weasels McCarthy and Scalise out in the hallways and knock the ever living crap out of them.
Pelosi is controlling the agenda!
Yes, Sessions is great.
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