Freedom Caucus plots overthrow of House, entire government
"I'm hoping for something bold. Not only from the leadership but from the larger conference," said Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.). "The leadership cannot go bold if the conference does not want to follow, and the conference isn't going to want to go bold if the leadership doesn’t want to lead the charge."
For starters, caucus members say they intend to keep a close watch in 2016 on whether Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) follows through on his promise to create a bottom-up leadership structure, including delegating more power to committees.
Beyond that, House Freedom Caucus members said in interviews this week, the group wants to see welfare reform passed via the majority-vote procedure known as reconciliation. It’s pushing for a health care alternative to Obamacare and a vote on that plan, after GOP leaders indicated votes on big policy items would be avoided this year. The group is agitating for tax reform legislation, too.
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They do, however, have an ally in Ryan in wanting to radically change domestic policy to punish the poor to the fullest extent. So when they're talking about using reconciliation—which requires only a majority vote in the Senate—to do that, you've got to worry that it's something Ryan would go along with. He also wants to pass spending bills for 2017 as soon as possible, and knowing what kind of policy riders they tried to get into the last one, there's no end to the mischief they'll get up to to make sure we can't ever have any nice things.
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