{"id":1968811,"date":"2023-07-10T16:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T20:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-gain-huge-power-through-obscure-rule\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T16:26:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T20:26:52","slug":"house-republicans-gain-huge-power-through-obscure-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-gain-huge-power-through-obscure-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans gain significant power through an obscure rule."},"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\">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%2Fhouse-republicans-gain-huge-power-through-obscure-rule%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=1968811&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--><h2>House Republicans Consider Using Obscure Rule to Cancel Salaries of Biden Administration Officials<\/h2>\n<p>Some House Republicans are exploring a unique strategy to hold President Joe Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-plan-onslaught-of-investigations-into-bidens-china-ties-virus-origins\/\" title=\"House Republicans Plan Onslaught of Investigations Into Biden\u2019s China Ties, Virus Origins\">administration officials accountable<\/a> as the impeachment battle rages on, according to a report by Politico. The GOP is divided on whether to impeach key Biden officials, such as U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and FBI Director Christopher Wray.<\/p>\n<p>As an alternative, some Republicans are suggesting the use of the Holman Rule, which could potentially reduce the number and salaries of federal employees, as outlined in the rule. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado stated, &#8220;If we&#8217;ve got a problem, a policy difference, with Secretary Mayorkas, the proper procedure is to cut his salary in the appropriations process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans have been considering impeachment proceedings against Mayorkas due to his handling of the border crisis, and both Garland and Wray due to the Justice Department&#8217;s involvement in investigating Biden&#8217;s son, Hunter.<\/p>\n<p>Buck, a member of the Freedom Caucus and the House Judiciary Committee, is open to using the Holman Rule as an alternative to impeachment solely based on policy differences. He believes that accusations alone are not enough and that all relevant information should be thoroughly examined.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is expected to support the use of the rule, as he reinstated the provision in January. However, some centrist GOP members are concerned that this could set a precedent for Democrats to target a Republican president&#8217;s Cabinet in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the potential use of the Holman Rule, impeachment proceedings against Garland may still proceed in the House Judiciary Committee this month.<\/p>\n<p>While using the Holman Rule to target salaries does not necessarily mean impeachment is off the table, some Republicans are cautious about its implications. They worry that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-gain-huge-power-through-obscure-rule\/\" title=\"House Republicans gain significant power through an obscure rule.\">defunding individuals based<\/a> on disagreement is not the appropriate response to a flawed prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that the Holman Rule would likely face opposition in the Democratic-held Senate and may not ultimately be successful in reducing salaries.<\/p>\n<h3>Disclaimer:<\/h3>\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter&#8217;s byline, and their DCNF affiliation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-republicans-gain-huge-power-obscure-rule\/\">House Republicans Gain Huge Power Through Obscure Rule<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans are contemplating employing a little-known rule to halt the pay of President Biden&#8217;s officials amid the ongoing impeachment battle. Divisions within the GOP persist regarding the impeachment of crucial Biden figures, including Attorney General Merrick Garland, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and FBI Director Christopher Wray, as per Politico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2042,"featured_media":1968813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1968811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/1968811","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\/2042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1968811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1968813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1968811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1968811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1968811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}