Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) announced she will not serve on committees or participate in GOP conference meetings next year, citing the lack of governing by Republican leadership and the prevalence of 'circuses' in the House. Her decision comes after she was not appointed to the House Ways and Means Committee.
Rep. Victoria Spartz announced she would not serve on committees and would boycott the GOP conference meetings next year, ridiculing the “circuses” that have dominated the House.“I will stay as a registered Republican but will not sit on committees or participate in the caucus until I see that Republican leadership in Congress is governing. I do not need to be involved in circuses,” Spartz wrote on X.
I will stay as a registered Republican but will not sit on committees or participate in the caucus until I see that Republican leadership in Congress is governing. I do not need to be involved in circuses.
The last time Republicans held unified control of Congress and the White House was in 2017 when they passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act via reconciliation, which was one of Trump’s key accomplishments. At the time, they controlled 241 seats, a significantly wider margin than they’ll have next year. The House is onto have a 217-215 breakdown with Trump’s nominations, so Republicans have little room for disagreement to get through key legislation Trump has promised in his second administration.
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy also created chaos for weeks as Republicans had trouble electing a new speaker. While McCarthy’s vote took 15 tries, the path to electing House Speaker Mike Johnson took four votes, and he was the Republican Party’s fourth nominee for speaker.
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