A Heritage Expose from November 6th...
* * *
After experiencing the first week of Speaker Paul Ryan’s
House, conservatives say they feel right at home.
(*SNORT*)
A week into Ryan’s tenure, members of the House Freedom
Caucus are crediting the speaker for delivering on his promise to open up the
legislative process, and delegate authority to rank-and-file members.
* OH, YEAH, FOLKS; JUST READ MY POSTS AND YOU CAN SEE HOW
"WELL" THINGS ARE GOING WITH RYAN IN CHARGE!
(*GUFFAW*)
And though the outcomes of the new process did not go how
conservatives wanted...
* YA THINK...?!?!
...the House passed a transportation bill that isn’t
fully funded, and permits the revival of the Export-Import Bank...
* I'VE COME UP WITH A LITTLE DITTY, FRIENDS! SING IT TO
THE TUNE OF "DUKE OF EARL":
Kill, kill, kill...Kill them all, all, all...Kill them all, all, all...KILL THEM ALL...
Freedom Caucus members insist that more open debate will
allow for their ideas to eventually win out.
* OH, YES... EVENTUALLY... UH-HUH... YEAH... UM-HMM...
* SING IT WITH ME, FOLKS...
(*SIGH*)
“I thought the process was extraordinarily fair and really,
really healthy,” said Rep. Mick Mulvaney, a Freedom Caucus member, in an
interview with The Daily Signal.
“It was even enjoyable to go to work this week, because
at least we are giving voice to the people back home. [The highway bill] is a
bill that’s been cooked up the last several months, if not longer, so it’s hard
to imagine how Paul [Ryan] inserting himself would make it different.
* IT'S NOT HARD FOR ME? IS IT HARD FOR ANY OF YOU?
* JUST... CALL A PRESS CONFERENCE... AND BASICALLY REPEAT
EVERYTHING HERITAGE (AND OTHER TRUE CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS - AND
INDIVIDUALS) HAVE EXPOSED AND AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION ANNOUNCE YOUR
OPPOSITION!
* ACTUALLY... SOUNDS KINDA SIMPE TO ME!
What little improvement we saw was a direct result of
Paul’s speakership.”
* HMM... ADD MULVANEY'S NAME TO BARKER'S "DIE, YOU
TRAITOROUS BA$TARDS" LIST...
(*SIGH*)
That appreciation was seconded by Rep. Matt Salmon,
R-Ariz., another Freedom Caucus member. “It was exactly what we were looking
for,” Salmon told The Daily Signal. “We were hoping for the process to be
opened up and it was.”
* FOLKS... YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS UP...
Mulvaney, R-S.C., probably more than anyone, got the full
taste of Ryan’s open House. Of the 126 amendments that lawmakers voted on this
week related to the Highway Trust Fund, five of them were measures authored by
Mulvaney — all meant to weaken the Export-Import Bank if reopened. Each of the
amendments failed to pass, but Mulvaney isn’t fretting — at least, he said,
there was an opportunity to make a pitch for his ideas.
* YEP. I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS BA$TARD DEAD.
“I have no complaints whatsoever,” Mulvaney said.
(*SILENCE*)
“It was clear the will of the body was to revive the
Ex-Im Bank. We got to have 80 minutes of debate on the floor about what’s wrong
with the bank, and why we think it should have been killed. That point would
have never been made if not for those amendments. My folks back home don’t like
the bank very much. The grassroots don’t like it at all. I was able to put some
voice to their concerns. We lost, but we’re not going to win every time, nor
should you probably.”
* DEAD... DEAD... DEAD...
* I'D LITERALLY CHEER IF THIS BA$TARD DROPPED DEAD!
Still, the amendment process on the highway bill was not
completely open.
(*SNORT*)
Instead of allowing any amendment to be brought to the
floor, House leaders, as has been typical, relied on the powerful Rules
Committee to approve groups of amendments to be debated and voted on.
(*GUFFAW*)
“It’s a lot better than [John] Boehner’s system, but
recent consideration of the highway bill fell far short of an open process,”
said Justin Amash, R-Mich., a Freedom Caucus member. “Almost without exception,
the amendments placed in order made the bill less conservative, did practically
nothing, or had no chance of passing.”
* SPEAKER RYAN...
(*PURSED LIPS*)
Just before his Oct. 30 departure, Boehner helped
negotiate a budget deal with President Barack Obama that set spending levels
above the caps negotiated in 2011.
* WHICH RYAN SUPPORTED...
Congress must still adopt spending bills by Dec. 11 that
dictate where the money is spent.
* WHERE THE BORROWED MONEY IS SPENT...
With the deadline quickly approaching, conventional
wisdom says that lawmakers will pursue a sweeping, all-encompassing omnibus
spending measure that combines all the appropriations for the various agencies
into one bill.
* SING IT WITH ME, AGAIN, FOLKS!
Individual spending bills have been difficult to pass in
recent years; the House has approved six of 12 so far this year. Some House
lawmakers, including Freedom Caucus members, want to re-start the normal
appropriations process to individually pass the six remaining spending bills.
* "SOME." (SERIOUSLY, FOLKS... CONTEMPLATE WHAT
THAT MEANS...)
“We cannot necessarily block the will of House,” said
Rep. John Fleming, R-La., in an interview with The Daily Signal. “That’s not
our job. It’s to persuade our colleagues to do the right thing.”
* WITH "FREEDOM CAUCUS" MEMBERS LIKE FLEMING...
DO WE REALLY NEED A "FREEDOM CAUCUS?"
(*SIGH*)
Indeed, in Ryan’s House, Freedom Caucus members just want
a seat at the table.
* AND THEIR PAYCHECKS...
* AND THEIR PERKS...
* AND THEIR TAXPAYER FUNDED FIEFDOMS...
* AND THE ABILITY TO "CASH OUT" AND MAKE
MILLIONS IN THE "PRIVATE SECTOR" AFTER THEY RETIRE (OR ARE THROWN OUT
OF OFFICE) AS "REWARD" FOR SERVING THE SPECIAL INTERESTS...
* FOLKS. WHAT HAVE I BEEN TELLING YOU?
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