{"id":2199514,"date":"2024-03-14T23:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T03:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/do-rules-vote-losses-mean-gop-has-lost-control-of-house\/"},"modified":"2024-03-14T23:07:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T03:07:07","slug":"do-rules-vote-losses-mean-gop-has-lost-control-of-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/do-rules-vote-losses-mean-gop-has-lost-control-of-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Do election defeats suggest a loss of GOP control in the House"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fdo-rules-vote-losses-mean-gop-has-lost-control-of-house%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=2199514&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>The Tug of War Within the House GOP<\/h2>\n<p>Tom DeLay&#8217;s epithet, &#8220;The Hammer,&#8221;\u2063 bestowed \u2063by his political\u2063 nemeses\u2063 might&#8217;ve been \u200dmeant \u2063to sting, but it inadvertently acknowledged his no-nonsense approach to party loyalty.\u200d Indeed, DeLay was\u200d relentless in ensuring that GOP\u200c members \u2064understood the cardinal rule:\u200b <strong>stand united during &#8216;rules&#8217; votes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When\u200b new members of his\u2062 conference entered Congress, he \u200bwould proceed\u2063 to hammer into them the point that however one \u200dvotes on\u200b a bill or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boris-johnson-announces-resignation-as-u-k-prime-minister\/\" title=\"Boris Johnson Announces Resignation as U.K. Prime Minister\">leadership contest<\/a>,\u200c \u201cthou shall not go against one\u2019s party on a \u2018rules\u2019 vote.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Such was the unwavering \u200ddiscipline\u200c during DeLay&#8217;s tenure, but times have shifted glaringly in the 118th Congress.\u2064 Today, the once unheard-of \u2062notion of Republicans losing control during critical rules votes has become a jarring \u200breality. With <strong>six defeats<\/strong> and counting, the\u200c GOP seems to\u200c have loosened its grip on the House&#8217;s reins.<\/p>\n<p>The most startling incident unfolded on February 15, wherein \u200ban attempt to vote on the SALT deduction expansion got derailed by 18 dissenting \u200dRepublicans. Such ruptures in unity have cast a\u200c shadow over the party&#8217;s stability, previously \u2064unchallenged since November 2002,\u2063 when \u200cDeLay \u200bwas \u200ctransitioning from majority whip\u200c to \u2064House majority leader.<\/p>\n<h3>Rule Votes: The\u200d Backbone of Legislative Control<\/h3>\n<p>The importance of &#8216;rules&#8217; votes cannot be overstated. As per the House&#8217;s website:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cConsideration of a measure may be governed\u200c by a \u200d\u2018rule.\u2019 A rule is itself a simple resolution, which must be passed by the House, that sets \u2064out the particulars of debate for\u2062 a specific \u200cbill \u200d\u2014 how much time will\u2062 be allowed for debate, whether amendments can be offered, and other \u2064matters.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Essentially, the control of rules means steering\u2064 the legislative outcome. During more\u2062 orderly eras, the majority party\u2062 could \u200brely on its numbers to pass rules, while the minority party typically abstained, maintaining a predictable ebb \u200band flow of\u2062 governance.<\/p>\n<h2>Understanding the GOP&#8217;s Fragmented Majority<\/h2>\n<p>However, \u200cthese recent challenges \u200dprovoke a fundamental question: have Republicans truly lost their foothold in the House? Two political scientists offered insights to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> on what this \u2063could mean.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin \u200cKosar of \u200cthe American Enterprise \u2064Institute paints a vivid picture of\u200b GOP&#8217;s internal\u200b struggles with a slender majority that turns any\u200d few dissenting votes\u200b into a \u200bpotential downfall for legislative motions. Moreover, there&#8217;s an existential threat hanging \u2064over the speaker&#8217;s head: bypass the Rules Committee, and you\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-bill-would-stop-va-bureaucrats-from-gaming-the-system-to-grab-veterans-guns\/\" title=\"New bill aims to prevent VA bureaucrats from manipulating system to seize veterans' firearms.\">risk \u200closing<\/a> your job.<\/p>\n<p>Kosar also highlights the presence of\u200c a hardline faction within\u2062 the GOP\u2064 that has been painting themselves into a corner with\u2063 uncompromising stances, often supported by\u200b nothing more than bluster \u2063and dead-end promises.<\/p>\n<h3>Has the GOP House\u2063 Leadership Faltered?<\/h3>\n<p>Jeremy\u2062 Mayer from George Mason University places the blame squarely on what\u200d he\u200d perceives as a failure in GOP leadership. He\u2062 contrasts the current GOP dilemma with the days when Nancy Pelosi kept \u200dtight control over her caucus, not allowing the\u2063 far-left inclinations of the &#8216;Squad&#8217;\u200d to derail her legislative goals.<\/p>\n<p>Mayer points to the primary base&#8217;s influence\u200b as a \u2062driving \u200bforce \u200bbehind House Republicans&#8217; \u200dfear of\u2062 being seen as moderates,\u2062 lest they draw the ire \u2062of the MAGA-supporting\u200c electorate.<\/p>\n<p>Mayer and Kosar \u2064agree: the GOP&#8217;s \u2064intraparty dynamics have shifted the balance, \u200cwith Mayer concluding:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSo\u200c yes, we don\u2019t \u2063have a majority in the House, in the \u200dway\u200c majorities\u200c have been \u2062had by both parties for decades.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As the Republicans grapple with their direction, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-bidens-bloodthirsty-dog-planning-to-fetch-power\/\" title=\"ANALYSIS: Biden\u2019s Bloodthirsty Dog Planning to Fetch Power\">shifting power dynamic<\/a>\u2063 in the House reveals a\u200b profound transformation in \u200dAmerican politics, one where unity is not a given,\u200c and where\u2062 the hardest\u2062 hit might just be the party&#8217;s \u2064own prospects.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK HERE TO\u200c READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political adversaries dubbed Tom DeLay &#8220;The Hammer&#8221; mockingly. 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