Top GOP rebel angles for powerful House leadership-backed committee post
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) has announced his candidacy to become the next chairman of the House Rules Committee. The House Rules Committee is an influential committee that acts as the last gatekeeper before most bills are voted on by the full House. “I'll leave that up to the speaker,” Roy said this week when asked […]
GOP hardliners use rare procedural move to block leadership-backed bill
A group of hardline Republicans on Wednesday carried out an unusual procedural maneuver, working with Democrats to block a vote on the bill in its current form, in a small but embarrassing blow to Republican leadership. Six Republicans joined all Democrats in supporting a Democratic-led motion to reintroduce the Mining Regulatory Transparency Act, resulting in […]
