Right-Wing Wants To Weaken Speaker Power

Posted by | October 10, 2015 09:04 | Filed under: Politics

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Far-right Republicans in Congress want to weaken the clout of the Speaker.

As it turns out, their target is the institution of the speaker of the House itself.

To get to the broader goal of confronting Mr. Obama, they want to alter the fundamental power structure of the House by reducing the power of the speaker in favor of greater authority for the rank and file.

“I want to see a change in the culture of Washington D.C.,” said Representative Barry Loudermilk, a freshman from Georgia who is a member of the Freedom Caucus that helped drive Mr. Boehner from office. “The way you do that is not who you elect, but it’s the process. It’s the procedures.”

“How are we going to change the process, how are we going to make it a more bottom-up versus a top-down structure?” he said.

If they succeed, they will reverse a trend that began with Democrats in the 1970s but reached new heights with the Republican takeover of 1994. The incoming speaker at that time, Newt Gingrich, centralized power in the leadership suites and moved it away from committee chairmen, requiring them to win the approval of the leadership team.

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9 responses to Right-Wing Wants To Weaken Speaker Power

  1. Buford2k11 October 10th, 2015 at 09:16

    Sedition, always starts small, and recruits more like minded people, while they strip power from legitimate power structures…the very thing the Traitors Freedom Caucus are doing…

  2. rg9rts October 10th, 2015 at 09:38

    They would fit in so well with the Third Reich …OMG

  3. Tommie October 10th, 2015 at 10:47

    Trying their best to get more power in order to change things to get crazy laws passed!

  4. allison1050 October 10th, 2015 at 11:30

    These boyz and gurls just refuse to read about our country. They think that this will ever happen…never.

  5. dewired4u October 10th, 2015 at 13:49

    “How are we going to change the process, how are we going to make it a more bottom-up versus a top-down structure?” What that means is he wants to give the minority all the power in he house.

    • jybarz October 10th, 2015 at 17:18

      You’re right and it sounds undemocratic.

  6. truthseeker2436577@yahoo.com October 10th, 2015 at 15:41

    The GOP are known for their extremism. They fail to see that a majority of Americans love Social Security, we want the super wealthy to pay fair taxation, and we want an end to racial and economic injustices.

  7. jybarz October 10th, 2015 at 17:24

    I don’t really care what the do-nothing repukes do as long as it hastens their sorry existence to oblivion.
    So, as far as I’m concerned: Go Fck yourselves to the grave, Repukes!

  8. amersham46 October 10th, 2015 at 20:28

    All these rookie bottom feeders know better than everybody else , and if the do not get they own way they will shut down the government

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