{"id":1800498,"date":"2023-01-09T19:34:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T00:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1800498"},"modified":"2023-01-09T19:35:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T00:35:02","slug":"republican-denies-secret-addendum-to-house-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-denies-secret-addendum-to-house-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Denies Secret \u2018Addendum\u2019 To House Rules"},"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\">14<\/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%2Frepublican-denies-secret-addendum-to-house-rules%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=1800498&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-->\n<p>A House Republican denies the existence secret \u201caddendum\u201d To the rules package which will govern the lower chamber over the next two-years.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. French Hill (R.A.), spoke briefly to the House floor ahead of Monday&#8217;s vote. He addressed reports about three pages of additional provisions that were not included in the bill. <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/bills-118hrespih-118th-rules-of-the-house-of-reps-v3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visible to the public<\/a>Democrats were born out of this. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brianschatz\/status\/1612547826101411841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raising concerns about transparency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no addendum to this package \u2026 There\u2019s no three-page addendum. There\u2019s no extra stuff. Everything in the House rules package is posted on the House website,\u201d Hill stated.<\/p>\n<p>PunchBowl News reported earlier in the day that Kevin McCarthy, the House Speaker (Republican-Statesman), and his allies had negotiated a deal. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/archive\/1923-punchbowl-news-am\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">secret three-page addendum<\/a>\u201d With the House Freedom Caucus in order to win the support of its members. \u201cThis pact includes the most controversial concessions McCarthy made in order to become speaker \u2013 three seats on the Rules Committee for conservatives, freezing spending at FY2022 levels, a debt-ceiling strategy, coveted committee assignments and more,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/archive\/1923-punchbowl-news-am\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to the report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal was cited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/house-rules-vote-to-test-unity-of-republicans-after-speaker-fight-11673287775?st=qmewyagoac4wy2w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Two people who are familiar with negotiation techniques.<\/a> \u201csaid that any agreement Mr. McCarthy made with his onetime detractors wouldn\u2019t be released in writing ahead of the rules vote, and maybe not ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some Democratic members of Congress used Twitter to spread awareness about the reporting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a secret three page addendum to the House Rules that secured the support of the wackiest members of the House and the American public deserves to know what\u2019s in it,\u201d tweeted Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI).<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There is a secret three page addendum to the House Rules that secured the support of the wackiest members of the House and the American public deserves to know what\u2019s in it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brianschatz\/status\/1612547826101411841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hill denied it, but Rep. Ken Calvert (R. CA), a Steering Committee member, has not. <a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewSolender\/status\/1612521817880551441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewSolender\/status\/1612521817880551441\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">According to Axios, he told them<\/a> His office was \u201ctaking a look at\u201d The addendum. Calvert said that he didn&#8217;t know if each member had been sent a copy.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At least one GOP branch appears to have the famous 3-page House rules addendum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re taking a look at it \u2026 we\u2019re just going through it,\u201d Rep. Ken Calvert tells us about his time on the Steering Committee. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axios?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Axios<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When asked if the members received a copy, the answer was &#8220;Yes.&#8221; \u201cI don\u2019t know if everybody has.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewSolender\/status\/1612521817880551441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The internet allows you to access a 55-page document. <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/bills-118hrespih-118th-rules-of-the-house-of-reps-v3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The rules are outlined<\/a> After securing a narrow majority in the 2022 midterm election, the 118th Congress was elected.<\/p>\n<p>Given the likelihood that Democrats will vote against it, Republican leaders cannot afford to lose just a few votes. Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/texas-republican-opposes-house-rules-package-warns-nightmare-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It was not his opinion.<\/a>Rep. Nancy Mace, R-SC), was elected to the office of President. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1612534844113944577\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201con the fence\u201d<\/a> to say that she will vote \u201cyes\u201d It.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said that she would vote yes to the House rules package. <\/p>\n<p>Abortion could be a hot topic in the new Congress. Representatives from purple areas may seek to avoid it \u201cseverely curtailing\u201d Punchbowl News founder: Abortion rights <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeSherman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JakeSherman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uBacaACI6V\">pic.twitter.com\/uBacaACI6V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeetThePress\/status\/1612561703400513538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hill, who was one of the GOP members trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/01\/04\/politics\/patrick-mchenry-kevin-mccarthy\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rally support behind McCarthy<\/a> last week, insisted the only addition made during negotiations was in regard to the motion to vacate the chair, making it so only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mccarthy-motion-to-vacate-rule-speaker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one member is needed<\/a> to call for a no-confidence vote in the speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), who spoke immediately after Hill, rejected his denial. \u201cI know it exists. It\u2019ll come out sooner or later,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cIt would be nice if there was a little more transparency and openness from the other side.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A House Republican denied the existence of a secret \u201caddendum\u201d to the rules package that will govern the lower chamber for the next two years. Ahead of a vote expected Monday evening, Rep. French Hill (R-AR) spoke briefly on the House floor to address reports about there being three pages of added provisions not visible &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1800501,"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":[541],"tags":[14149,6202,4775,3653,3911,3807,6323,6195],"class_list":["post-1800498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-addendum","tag-daily","tag-denies","tag-house","tag-republican","tag-rules","tag-secret","tag-wire"],"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\/1800498","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\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1800498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1800498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1800501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1800498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1800498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1800498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}