It's the latest attempt by Pennsylvania's most conservative lawmakers to assert themselves within the GOP caucus.
The new Pennsylvania branch of the House Freedom Caucus is open and ready for business.
Meadows, in his time as a Congressman from North Carolina, was one of the original members of the House Freedom Caucus. But these members and their constituents, he said, feel that’s exactly what happened in Pennsylvania during the course of Gov. Tom Wolf’s Administration, leading to growth in the state’s general fund budget from $32 billion to $43 million, and governmental over-reach that hit it’s peak with the coronavirus pandemic.
Democrats reached after Monday’s announcement said they heard too many echoes of Republican rhetoric from the just-ended campaign cycle that they believe voters rejected. The new caucus already drew a silent protest Monday, made up mostly of Harrisburg-area Democrats and others incensed at Rep. Perry’s willing involvement in former President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to override the 2020 election results and cling to power.
It remains to be seen how influential Pennsylvania’s Freedom Caucus will be; in many ways the caucus seems like a rebranding of earlier attempts by most conservative members of the House Republicans to band together as a voting bloc, including the short-lived Commonwealth Caucus 20 years ago.
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