House Republicans seem poised to usher in a new era of obstruction and hyper-partisanship on the Hill.
The GOP may have underperformed in last week’s midterms, but a narrow House victory is still a victory. “They don’t give out gavels in small, medium, and large,” as soon-to-be Speakerhis members Monday. “We have the majority and we have the gavels.” And what do Republicans plan to do with their gavels? In short: Make life hell. For the public. For Democrats. And even, perhaps, for one another.
It goes without saying that we are likely entering a two-year period of painful gridlock. Republicans have indicated they could make it hard to perform even the most basic functions of government, including passing spending bills to keep the government open, let alone cooperating with Presidenton other aspects of his legislative agenda. “Nobody’s ever really liked” government shutdowns,” Florida RepublicanCNN.
While subjecting Democrats to eternal gridlock may part-and-parcel of the House GOP's agenda, the Republicans' main focus will be the myriad political and often-retaliatory investigations they’ve promised to embark upon. With MAGA extremists likesuddenly elevated to committee chairs, the GOP will likely spend the next two years talking the FBI's treatment of
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