{"id":1741782,"date":"2022-11-17T06:30:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T11:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1741782"},"modified":"2022-11-17T06:48:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T11:48:02","slug":"heres-how-republicans-feel-about-direction-of-house-leadership-going-into-next-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-how-republicans-feel-about-direction-of-house-leadership-going-into-next-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s How Republicans Feel About Direction of House Leadership Going Into Next Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fheres-how-republicans-feel-about-direction-of-house-leadership-going-into-next-congress%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1741782&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\"><strong>FIRST ON FOX:<\/strong> Several House Republicans expressed confidence in their leadership going into the next Congress with control of the House hanging in the balance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Fox News Digital asked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">congressional Republicans<\/a> their confidence level with leadership on a scale of 1 to 10.<\/p>\n<p>The House leadership scored high marks among several GOP members asked, with their scores ranging between 9 and 10.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/640\/320\/Kevin-McCarthy-2022-Midterms.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(REUTERS\/Jonathan Ernst)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-republicans-surprised-lack-red-wave-midterms-but-focused-overall-win-subpoena-power\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HOUSE REPUBLICANS \u2018SURPRISED\u2019 BY LACK OF RED WAVE IN MIDTERMS, BUT FOCUSED ON OVERALL WIN, SUBPOENA POWER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., told Fox News Digital he is fully behind the GOP leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A ten,&#8221; Burchett\u00a0said. &#8220;Absolutely. I think we&#8217;re going to do very well. I think we&#8217;re going through some growing pains right now, and it&#8217;s the old adage of the dog chasing the bus \u2014 what are you going to do when you catch it? Well, we caught it, and that&#8217;s the growing pains. We&#8217;ll figure it out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., gave the same rating as his Tennessee colleague.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s a ten,&#8221; he declared. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to elect Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House, we&#8217;re going to elect Steve Scalise, and we will have a competitive race for the whip.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., also concurred with the &#8220;10&#8221; rating, telling Fox News Digital he likes the GOP leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I like our leadership,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I think they worked very hard the last two years, and I think they\u2019ve earned a spot in the majority in the leadership role.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/Don-bacon.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Nati Harnik, File)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., also gave a high rating, telling Fox News Digital, &#8220;I&#8217;m at a nine and a half.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ten,&#8221; North Carolina GOP Rep. Patrick McHenry said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mccarthy-wins-gop-nomination-for-house-speaker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MCCARTHY WINS GOP NOMINATION FOR HOUSE SPEAKER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Tex., also weighed in, saying he was at a &#8220;nine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m pretty confident right now,&#8221; Jackson said. &#8220;Leader McCarthy, soon-to-be Speaker McCarthy, he&#8217;s got a few weeks to talk to the members who have issues. So I think he&#8217;ll be fine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/640\/320\/ronny-jackson.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson speaks to reporters during the daily briefing in the Brady press briefing room at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 16, 2018.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson speaks to reporters during the daily briefing in the Brady press briefing room at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 16, 2018.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Jabin Botsford\/The Washington Post via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The high marks come as some in the GOP are less than thrilled about Republican leadership, with Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., sticking by his vow not to vote for House GOP Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mccarthy-wins-gop-nomination-for-house-speaker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McCarthy<\/a> as speaker of the House.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Right now we need leadership,&#8221; Gaetz said. &#8220;We need to turn the page. I think that we need someone who has broad credibility with conservatives and centrists and moderates throughout the Congress. I think from what we just saw, Kevin doesn&#8217;t have that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1239671184.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., walks down the House steps at the Capitol after the last votes of the week on April 1, 2022.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., walks down the House steps at the Capitol after the last votes of the week on April 1, 2022.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Bill Clark\/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>McCarthy was officially nominated by the GOP to be the next speaker on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Chip Roy, R-Tex., said that, on the final speaker tally, his &#8220;position remains the same until further notice \u2014 no one has 218 (or close, as needed).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to sit down and establish the fundamental changes needed,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>As Republicans by and large throw their hat behind McCarthy for speaker, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is having to fend off a challenge from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/rick-scott-announces-plan-unseat-mitch-mcconnell-top-republican-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sen. Rick Scott of Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is unlikely that Scott will unseat McConnell for the GOP leader spot, but the challenge shows that some in the Republican caucus are looking for a leadership change. Last week, Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri said his &#8220;view is that we need new leadership.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not sure if any other senator will run or not. Nobody&#8217;s indicated they would. But my view is that we need new leadership in that position,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/missouri-republicans-hawley-schmitt-say-senate-gop-needs-new-leadership-not-mitch-mcconnell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hawley added last week<\/a> before Scott made his announcement.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News&#8217; Haris Alic and Haley Chi-Sing contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Jessica Chasmar is a digital writer on the politics team for Fox News and Fox Business. Story tips can be sent to Jessica.Chasmar@fox.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIRST ON FOX: Several House Republicans expressed confidence in their leadership going into the next Congress with control of the House hanging in the balance.Fox News Digital asked congressional Republicans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1741785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1741782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1741782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1741785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1741782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1741782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1741782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}