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“The president knows that the strongest supporters in Congress are in the House Freedom Caucus,” Rep. Andy Harris , chairman of the Freedom Caucus, told thein an interview. “I think we will have the attention of the White House and his ear to bring them along more to our point of view.
But now the Freedom Caucus, which touts its reputation as being closely aligned with Trump, could see its influence over the House increase when Republicans take over the White House and Senate next year. But even with Trump’s presence in the White House, that does not necessarily mean Freedom Caucus members will not raise objections to things they do not like.
Trump has since repaired his relationship with many of the current caucus members, but that does not mean the group will not speak up over policy disagreements. Evidence of that unity has already begun to culminate after Harris managed to concoct a deal with the centrist Main Street Caucus over the GOP conference rules package earlier this week.
The deal would increase the motion-to-vacate threshold to nine members, up from the current one-member minimum, to avoid the drama the House has dealt with during the current Congress. In October 2023, then-Rep. Matt Gaetz managed to boot then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy by filing the resolution on his own, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene sought to remove Mike Johnson in May.
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