RJ

I am hearing @HouseGOP members whining about Rules votes and wanting to see “accountability.” Talk about missing the plot. Americans are frustrated at the GOP failure to take action to deliver for them. The rules is the forcing mechanism for minorities in the House to force action. Examples: - House Republicans were failing to pass codification of Trump border security. We held up a rule to demand we pass it AT LEAST out of Judiciary Committee. We succeeded. - House Republicans were failing to pass a limit on a “Central Bank Digital Currency.” We forced action using rules. - House Republicans were trying to move FISA surveillance re-auth without modifications to protect Americans (e.g. warrants). Some of us objected to force debate/change. Most of all… only FOUR times did we have a rule defeated on the floor (by varying ideological coalitions), and in 3 of those cases, the rule then came up and was passed quickly. Yet, these folks complaining about rules seem to ignore the number of discharge petitions signed by varying ideological factions… to force, often, a Democrat agenda.   Republicans should focus on delivering an agenda to empower and free up the American people, not whining about swamp games. We have 53 days to pass a clean Stock Trading Ban, a reconciliation deal to cut taxes for working families, make healthcare affordable, and modernize our military, and to codify the President’s agenda. Get busy doing.