It's not an easy job corralling votes from House Republicans and trying to hold together a fractious majority well enough to pass party priorities.
to raise the nation's debt cap so it can borrow more money to pay off the nation's already accruing bills.
It's a repeat from the battles Republicans waged last time they had the House majority, when then-Reps. John Boehner of Ohio and Paul Ryan of Wisconsin were the speakers during the Obama and Trump administrations. In those days the Republicans tried to curb federal spending, with some success, but also with failures that disappointed the right flank.
“A lot of it was personality issues that have probably been driven from as far back as when John Boehner was the speaker and then Paul Ryan,” Emmer said about dynamics.Republicans have different views when it comes to what spending to cut as they try to use the debt ceiling vote to extract their own budget priorities.
“The argument is if you go to FY22 baseline, it affects both domestic and defense — not under Republicans,” he said, referring to 2022 budget levels. “Republicans will look for efficiencies, they’ll look for waste. We aren’t cutting defense. We assured our appropriators and ask our House Armed Services Committee. That’s not what we’re doing.”Having helped to elect the class of new House Republicans, Emmer now must help lead them.
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