Breaking

House GOP deploys a 2023 agenda it can use in November - POLITICO
Sep 23, 2022 1 min, 50 secs
Along with their glossy bullet-pointed pamphlets, McCarthy and his leadership team also have a disciplined messaging schedule, where lawmakers are urged to hammer a single message from their plan each week, culminating in Election Day on Nov.

To many Republicans, the platform feels like a turning point for their conference after four years stuck in the House minority.

For the most part, the GOP’s blueprint does not say precisely which specific bills they plan to use to advance their goals or what level of priority each would receive.

Along with their glossy bullet-pointed pamphlets, McCarthy and his leadership team also have a disciplined messaging schedule, where lawmakers are urged to hammer a single message from their plan each week, culminating in Election Day on Nov.

The plan received endorsements across the conference and candidate slate, from Freedom Caucus members to battleground Republicans like Rep.

In addition to their Thursday debrief, Republicans received a lengthy pre-election pep talk from former speaker Newt Gingrich, whose “Contract for America” inspired the conference’s plan.

Gingrich himself called the GOP’s plan “more sophisticated” than his own 1994 blueprint, which helped propel that fall’s so-called “Republican revolution” which ended 40 years of Democratic dominance in the lower chamber.

Talk about it over and over and over again,” Gingrich later told reporters, describing his message to GOP lawmakers Thursday morning.

The two guests served as a reminder that the House GOP could straddle both old-school conservative ideas — like preaching overhauls to Medicare and Social Security — as well as Trump’s major influences, particularly on subjects like immigration.

The plan gave Republicans a chance to declare what they do stand for after two years of opposing the Biden administration at almost every turn.

They’re most focused on the GOP’s vow to “protect the lives of unborn children,” though there were not specific references to legislation

Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), the House GOP campaign chief, dismissed the Democratic attacks, particularly on abortion: “This election is about kitchen table issues ..

With fewer than 50 days until the election, many Republicans have been eager for something to present their voters beyond sharp criticism of Biden

“That’s why we waited until now — now, people are focused on the election

RECENT NEWS

SUBSCRIBE

Get monthly updates and free resources.

CONNECT WITH US

© Copyright 2024 365NEWSX - All RIGHTS RESERVED