Kevin McCarthy claimed the GOP had 11 “ready-to-go” bills when the party took the House majority, but that was not in fact the case. (via MaddowBlog)
As 2022 came to a close, House Republicans weren’t quite sure who their speaker would be — Kevin McCarthy was still looking for votes at the time — but House Majority Leader Steve Scalise was nevertheless optimistic about the GOP’s legislative prospects. On Dec. 30, the LouisiananThese “commonsense measures,”noted
this morning, the House Republican majority will reach the 100-day benchmark this week, and of the 11 “ready-to-go” bills the House majority leader touted, five haven’t yet passed. Of the six proposals the GOP did pass, not one has become law — and the odds of these measures generating serious attention in the Democratic-led Senate are effectively zero.With little room for error in their razor-thin majority, Republicans have so far struggled to deliver on key priorities. ...
The frustration is understandable. McCarthy, Scalise and their conference spent last year telling voters how great Congress would be once GOP leaders were in a position of power. But after the last Congress ended, McCarthy struggled mightily to convince his own members to rally behind him, and even after he got his hands on the gavel, the party found it difficult to do meaningful work.
with no meaningful governing agenda or legislative vision. But that’s just the beginning: McCarthy is a weak House speaker with a small majority — he can lose no more than four votes on any given bill or resolution — who leads a conference that doesn’t believe in compromise and can’t agree on many issues.
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