{"id":1774963,"date":"2022-12-14T06:30:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T11:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1774963"},"modified":"2022-12-14T11:19:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T16:19:07","slug":"rep-andy-biggs-the-gop-requires-a-stronger-house-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-andy-biggs-the-gop-requires-a-stronger-house-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Andy Biggs: The GOP Requires a Stronger House Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Frep-andy-biggs-the-gop-requires-a-stronger-house-speaker%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=1774963&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/100-10-40\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n[<i>The following is an op-ed from Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) explaining why he is running for the House speakership and challenging Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).<\/i>]\n<p>\u201cWhy aren\u2019t you voting for Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to be the next speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is a question that I\u2019ve been hearing lately, usually with a few personal pejoratives directed my way. That\u2019s OK.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I point out to my interlocutors that the speaker is the one who sets the agenda for the House. And if you get to point the direction of the House, you will set the tone of the nation. That means you can either pressure the Senate rationally to reject a massive, budget-busting, national-debt-increasing, spending omnibus bill, or you can quietly acquiesce to the spendthrift ways of the Senate. Admittedly, the Senate holds the cards\u2026 for now. But equivocation is not an option.<\/p>\n<p>Many in the<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republican Party <\/a><br \/>\nhave noticed that the pre-Trump status quo is returning to Washington, D.C. They are right. The question is whether the Republican speaker of the House will lead the charge against this self-serving comity and fearlessly push back against the Biden regime\u2019s charge over the cliff.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans in the<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate<\/a><br \/>\n have failed on this front. In fact, a number of them worked with Democrats to pass legislation that will foment abuse of religious Americans by passing the so-called Respect for Marriage Act.<\/p>\n<p>It falls to House Republicans, then, to hold the line, which is why many of us have concerns about McCarthy\u2019s bid for the speakership.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For example, McCarthy not too long ago was on record saying he didn\u2019t believe impeaching anyone in the Biden administration was a good idea, but now, he\u2019s said an impeachment inquiry into Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas\u2019s abysmal handling of the border crisis <i>might\u00a0<\/i>be possible. That\u2019s adding at least a little thickener to weak sauce \u2014 but it\u2019s not good enough.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, a bipartisan team of senators is<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/12\/05\/tillis-sinema-plan-gives-amnesty-2m-daca-illegal-aliens__;!!Bg5easoyC-OII2vlEqY8mTBrtW-N4OJKAQ!emvlA9NpaY3S_i1zalXJI0yCRlLrl51DCgxwh9cJOq5wrYZOr3JxpG-Qxi6LNUN-M6ATm9DpZJcW$\">promoting amnesty<\/a><br \/>\n, and the border security crisis continues to worsen, with more than 11,000 people illegally entering the United States every day.<\/p>\n<p>This marriage between establishment Republicans and Democrats is evident in the Senate\u2019s spending bill as well. The bipartisan<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2022\/dec\/5\/only-thing-democrats-and-republicans-can-agree-is-\/)__;!!Bg5easoyC-OII2vlEqY8mTBrtW-N4OJKAQ!emvlA9NpaY3S_i1zalXJI0yCRlLrl51DCgxwh9cJOq5wrYZOr3JxpG-Qxi6LNUN-M6ATm4H3kmcl$\">effort<\/a><br \/>\n to spend America into oblivion is a product of the leaders and process designed to insulate leadership and maintain the status quo.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy professes to have leadership chops. Well, now is the time to unite all Republicans against the pending spending spree. Whip against the bill. Write a letter of commitment against the omnibus spender and ask each Republican in the House to co-sign. Hold a presser on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building with all Republican members. Enlist the conservative universe of influencers, many of whom he\u2019s already asked to support his leadership campaign, to join the fight against the package of spending.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been reported that McCarthy silently supports the omnibus bill but will publicly vote against it. Perhaps his motivations are the same as they were when Republicans voted to keep budgetary earmarks: His public responsibility was minimized, but his ability to garner support privately by allowing earmarks or threatening to remove them remained. Again, the House GOP needs someone willing to lead out front, not just behind closed doors.<\/p>\n<p>The budget is the most powerful constitutional tool of a minority in a split government, which we will have now that Democrats have retained control of the Senate. When the omnibus bill passes, it will determine spending for the rest of the fiscal year \u2014 until Sept. 30, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>That means 90% of our leverage against the<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden regime <\/a><br \/>\nwill dissipate. And in the meantime, we\u2019ll be forced to spend our time pushing and passing policies that, as good as they might be, will never be taken up in the Senate or signed by the White House because we\u2019ve given up what little leverage we had.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not good governance \u2014 it\u2019s performance art.<\/p>\n<p>And that leads us back to leadership. Are you content to watch our opportunity to slow down Biden\u2019s policies be squandered for failure to find, protect, and use procedural leverage? Because that\u2019s what happens when the establishment gets its way, and there is no reason to think that will change unless we change those calling the shots.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why I\u2019m challenging McCarthy\u2019s bid for the speakership. My disagreements with McCarthy are rooted in my desire for a stronger, better Republican Party, one that prioritizes the needs of our voters, resists the pull of establishment influences, and is unified in both its ideological and political goals. That\u2019s the kind of party that can set this nation back on the right track.<\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM RESTORING AMERICA<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Andy Biggs is a U.S. representative for Arizona and serves on the House Judiciary Committee and the Oversight and Reform Committee.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[The following is an op-ed from Rep. 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