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‘It’s embarrassing’: Republicans worry they have no achievements to run on in 2024 (www.nbcnews.com)
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Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, has openly questioned whether the GOP deserves to keep the House majority, lamenting the lack of accomplishments this Congress. He’s not alone.

When Congress began the new year, Rep. Andy Biggs gave a television interview and made a startling confession: House Republicans have done nothing they can run on.

“We have nothing. In my opinion, we have nothing to go out there and campaign on,” the Arizona Republican said on the conservative network Newsmax. “It’s embarrassing.”

Anchor Chris Salcedo responded with a bemused chuckle. “I know,” he said. “The Republican Party in the Congress majority has zero accomplishments.”

The exchange captured a dynamic that looms over Republican lawmakers heading into the 2024 election: They’ve passed little substantive legislation since winning the majority in 2022 and struggled to do the basics of governing with a Democratic-led Senate. Their first year was instead marked by fractiousness and chaos, complicating the party’s pitch to voters this fall. The challenge is accentuated by likely GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump making “retribution” against his enemies, rather than shared policy goals, the centerpiece of his comeback bid as he continues to spread fabricated claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

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[-] yarr@feddit.nl 26 points 10 months ago
  • Managed to delay starting work for weeks due to Speaker votes impasse
  • Held numerous hearings investigating Biden's son and the origins of COVID-19, resulting in no substantial findings
  • Ensured that an $858 billion defense spending bill passed, but it was mostly a continuation of previous policies
  • Brought forth a bill proposing cutting federal food stamp benefits by approximately $13 billion over ten years
  • Passed a resolution condemning Antifa and Critical Race Theory, without any legislative actions following through
  • Held multiple congressional meetings on the dangers of TikTok and Big Tech while doing little about them
  • Introduced and passed a bill prohibiting federal funding for gender-affirming care for transgender minors, which President Biden ultimately vetoed
  • Pushed for a national sales tax to replace income taxes but failed to gain support
  • Proposed a bill to ban earmarks but later reversed their decision after facing backlash from within the party
  • Made headlines with a proposal to cut off federal funds for schools teaching "divisive concepts," but the bill died in committee.
[-] Mnemnosyne@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 10 months ago

So there's actually two things there that sound good to me, that I immediately doubt because if Republicans were in favor of it I have to assume there's something horrible about it...

What's bad about a national sales tax, and banning earmarks? Those kinda sound like good things to me.

[-] yarr@feddit.nl 3 points 9 months ago

I didn't express good OR bad. I just listed some of the things that were done.

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