{"id":1868064,"date":"2023-03-05T04:12:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T09:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-control-the-house-now-what-can-they-do\/"},"modified":"2023-03-05T04:12:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T09:12:35","slug":"republicans-control-the-house-now-what-can-they-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-control-the-house-now-what-can-they-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans control the House. Now what can they do?"},"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\">18<\/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%2Frepublicans-control-the-house-now-what-can-they-do%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=1868064&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<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_77281988\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Chinese-owned private schools in US shouldn't have junior military programs, GOP lawmaker says\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"American private schools owned by Chinese government-linked groups would not be allowed to operate junior military programs if a bill introduced Monday by Rep. 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Waltz told the Washington Examiner in an interview that the concern about Chinese-operated JROTC programs stems in part from the reality that the programs aim to provide the military with its next generation of leaders. \">               <meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M57S\">               <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-02-24 23:36:23\">               <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/1247293_th_1677281867.jpg\">               <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1247293.mp4\">              <\/div>\n<p>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var _bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_77281988\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1247293\"} }); <\/script>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As the Democrats, they <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/republicans-reclaim-house-first-time-four-years\">dethroned<\/a>, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\">House Republicans<\/a> Many have dreams big, but they are only one percent of the population. They&#8217;d like to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/courage-strength-optimism\/house-republicans-grapple-cut-federal-spending\">cut spending<\/a>Stop inflationary fiscal policies. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\">China<\/a>, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-crisis\">secure the border<\/a>Hold the executive branch responsible without any willing partners. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\">White House<\/a> Or the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\">Senate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Others see an historic chance for entitlement reform even though President Obama is not there. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> His likely reelection campaign centers around the necessity to defend <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-security\">Social Security<\/a> And <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/medicare\">Medicare<\/a> The Republican cuts<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When Republicans only control one half of one of the three branches of the federal government, they are limited in what they can do from a lawmaking standpoint because it is a numbers game, and they simply don&#8217;t have the numbers to pass sweeping legislation into law,&#8221; said GOP strategist Ford O&#8217;Connell. &#8220;But that doesn&#8217;t mean House Republicans don&#8217;t have significant power to change the conversation and direction of policy in Washington, D.C., and across the country, if they can maintain a strategic legislative focus and sound communications discipline.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/how-desantis-plans-to-attack-trump\">HERE&#8217;S HOW RON DESANTIS PLANS TO ATTACK TRUMP: VERY CAREFULLY<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Republicans can stop the more political elements within the Republican Party <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/bidens-agenda-is-dead\">Biden agenda<\/a> cold. The Constitution states that tax and spending bills must come from the House. These bills are unlikely to make it onto the House&#8217;s floor, unless the GOP legislators more centrist than those who live in the most Biden friendly districts defect. The budgetary promise of reconciliation by which Biden&#8217;s largest spending bills were passed was not fulfilled by the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>This legislation is called <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/faith-freedom-self-reliance\/shovel-more-dirt-onto-build-back-better\">Build Back Better<\/a> Or the shrunken version that can be found in <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inflation\">Inflation Reduction Act<\/a> They won&#8217;t be allowed to leave the House. If they were to, it would mean they&#8217;d be under house arrest. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy\/bidens-agenda-versus-the-filibuster-everything-you-need-to-know\">filibuster<\/a> In the Senate. The Senate has 49 Republican senators. Although they may have fewer votes than the previous year, it is still sufficient to kill any bills that exceed the threshold of 60 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Biden was criticized by Republicans for this kind of spending on his campaign trail. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inflation\">inflation<\/a>The index soared to 41-years highs before the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/federal-reserve\">Federal Reserve<\/a> They responded with a flurry of aggressive interest rate increases. They can stop it.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats countered by raising concerns over <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\">abortion<\/a> And <i><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/roe-v-wade\">Roe v. Wade<\/a><\/i>, which was overturned by a conservative-dominated <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\">Supreme Court<\/a> In the <i><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health-organization\">Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization <\/a><\/i>Decision a few months prior to the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/midterms\">midterm elections<\/a>. The Republicans can also thwart Democratic attempts to codify the law, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/community-family\/heres-how-the-democratic-abortion-bill-would-go-far-beyond-roe\">go beyond<\/a>, <i>Roe<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans have two options when it comes to a positive legislative agenda. They can either try to find biden-friendly measures or they could send messaging bills which will make their Democratic adversaries look bad before the next elections.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Legislation that tackles inflation, strengthening the economy, and fiscal sanity are winners, so long as Republicans stay out of the Democrats&#8217; Medicare and Social Security traps,&#8221; O&#8217;Connell said the <i>Washington Examiner<\/i>. &#8220;Same goes for legislation concerning border security, crime, the Chinese Communist Party, domestic energy security, and government accountability. These are all issues that appeal to Main Street, including independents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is exactly the trap Biden, Senate Majority Leader have set. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY), hope to enter the fight for the debt ceiling. House Republicans want to make spending concessions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Click Here to Read More <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/republicans-control-the-house-now-what-can-they-do\">Republicans control the House. 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