Beating a Rule

by | Jun 7, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives

David Lerman, Laura Weiss, and Avery Roe at Roll Call Hard-right House conservatives derailed legislation scheduled for floor votes Tuesday in a rebuke to GOP leadership. A group of House Republicans bucked their party to vote against a rule devised by GOP leaders to...

Freedom Caucus Proposals

by | Nov 20, 2022 | Congress, House of Representatives

At Roll Call, Jim Saksa reviews how the Freedom Caucus is proposing to change Republican Conference rules and House rules. “Congress has been testing this speaker-dominant model for at least 30 years,” said Kevin Kosar, congressional scholar at the American Enterprise...