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McCarthy's moment: Debt ceiling vote secures Republican US House speaker's
standing

Reuters | David Morgan

June 1, 2023

Kevin McCarthy earned his stripes as Republican speaker of the U.S. House
of Representatives on Wednesday, navigating fierce hardline opposition to
pass a debt ceiling bill containing federal spending limits that President
Joe Biden for months vowed to resist.

Six months after he endured 15 humiliating floor votes just to be elected
speaker, McCarthy proved capable of dragging Biden into negotiations over
spending and other Republican priorities, and then marshaling two-thirds of
his often fractious House Republican majority to enact bipartisan
legislation. [1]Read more

Utah Rep. Chris Stewart to leave Congress

Axios | Andrew Solender & Erin Alberty

May 31, 2023

Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) on Wednesday announced plans to resign "after
an orderly transition" due to his wife's ongoing health issues.

Why it matters: Stewart's departure will leave the GOP's already narrow
House majority down yet another seat and leave open seats on the House
Appropriations and Intelligence committees.

What he's saying: Stewart did not specify when he intends to step down.
* "It has been one of the great honors of my life to serve the good
people of Utah in Congress," he said in his statement.
* "...But my wife's health concerns have made it necessary that I retire
from Congress after an orderly transition can be ensured."

The intrigue: Stewart's safely-Republican seat could remain empty until
March 2024 or later under Utah election law.

State of play: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox will have seven days "after the day on
which the vacancy occurs" to schedule a primary for the seat at least 90
days later, and a special election at least 90 days after that. [2]Read
more

Scoop: Chris Christie to announce GOP presidential campaign next week

Axios AM | Mike Allen

May 31, 2023

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expected to announce his 2024
Republican candidacy for president next Tuesday in New Hampshire, Axios has
learned.

Why it matters: Christie, 60, is a former close Trump ally who now calls
the former president a "coward" and "puppet of Putin." He gives traditional
Republicans a horse — but seems to have a narrow market in today's GOP.

Driving the news: Christie is expected to make the announcement at a town
hall at Saint Anselm College at 6:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

Here's what to expect from a Christie candidacy, per his team:
1. Being joyful and hitting a more hopeful note aimed at America's
"exhausted majority."
2. Being authentic — a happy warrior who speaks his mind, takes risks and
is happy to punch Donald Trump in the nose. Christie's recent interviews
and New Hampshire town halls aim to recapture the brio of his 2009
governor's race.
3. Running a national race — "a non-traditional campaign that is highly
focused on earned media, mixing it up in the news cycle and engaging
Trump," an adviser said. "Will not be geographic dependent, but nimble."

[3]Read more

Exclusive Interview: Newt Gingrich on His New Book

"We stood on President Reagan's shoulders, and our victory could not have
occurred without his ideas."

American Spectator | Paul Kengor

May 30, 2023

The following is an exclusive Q&A between The American Spectator editor
Paul Kengor and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich on his new book,
March to the Majority: The Real Story of the Republican Revolution, written
with Joe Gaylord, former executive director of the National Republican
Congressional Committee. The book will be released on June 6. You can order
it online now.

*****

Paul Kengor: Mr. Speaker, let's start with the title of your book, which is
truly about what it says,

i.e., marching to the majority, both historically speaking and moving
forward into the future. For some politicians, the latter might seem like
mere rhetoric, talking points, hype. But in your case, you have
credibility. In 1994, you led Republicans to the first majority in the
House of Representatives in 40 years, and it was a huge majority, a net
gain of 54 seats. It was historic. And yet, few have written that history
or lived it like you. You lived it and led it. Why did you decide to write
this history now? What can be learned from it?

Speaker Gingrich: The situation we find ourselves in today is remarkably
like the one we were in after the 1992 election. Bill Clinton had won the
presidency running as a centrist, but the liberals in the Congress
convinced him to move sharply to the left. By 1994 he had alienated a lot
of the country that had voted for him. We had spent 16 years growing a GOP
big enough to be competitive almost everywhere and Clinton gave us the
issues to win on. When we won, we spent four years negotiating with
President Clinton and getting him to sign a remarkable array of
conservative reforms, including welfare reform, the largest capital gains
tax cut in history, and four balanced budgets (the only four in your
lifetime). [4]Read more

Republican-led Texas Legislature adjourns without passing most GOP
priorities

The Texas Newsroom | Sergio Martinez-Beltran

May 29, 2023

Near the beginning of the 88th Texas Legislature, Gov. Greg Abbott released
his priorities, laying out what he wanted state lawmakers to address during
their time at the Capitol.

“This session, we will ensure Texas remains the leader of this nation as an
unflinching force in this world,” Abbott said during his State of the State
Address in February. “Together, we will build a Texas for the next
generation — the Texas of tomorrow.”

Abbott’s list ranged from curbing COVID-19 restrictions to creating school
vouchers to reducing homeowners’ property tax bills.

But four months later, most of Abbott’s priorities stalled. [5]Read more

WG Discussion Points

Debt Talks: Why Republicans Shouldn't Allow Tax Increases On The Table

Debt and spending debate needs some agreement on the actual numbers

WG Discussion Points for Roll Call | David Winston

May 24, 2023

Almost six years ago, NBC's Chuck Todd interviewed then-Treasury Secretary
Steve Mnuchin on "Meet the Press" in the midst of a fight to pass
Republicans' Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Todd, clearly an opponent of the
legislation, asked Mnuchin: "[6]Where is the analysis that says this is
going to lead to economic growth?" He went on to add: "There has been no
study that has been able to somehow reinforce this idea that tax cuts do
translate to economic growth."

As a proponent of the legislation, I decided to respond to Todd's question
with a Roll Call column titled "[7]Tax Cuts by the Numbers" that looked at
the actual results of four major tax cuts, starting with the Kennedy tax
cuts of 1964. Below are some significant facts:

1964 — Presidents John F. Kennedy (proposed)/Lyndon B. Johnson
(signed): Lowered individual and corporate taxes; 66 percent increase in
annual federal revenues (1964-69); 6.5 percent or more [8]GDP growth in
first two years.

1981 — President Ronald Reagan: Went into full effect in 1983; Growth
between 1983 quarter two growth and quarter one growth in 1984 was 8
percent; annual federal revenues between 1983-89 increased by 65 percent;
seven years of 3.5 percent or more GDP growth (1983-89).

1997 — President Bill Clinton: 4.1 percent GDP growth or more through 2000;
28 percent increase in annual federal revenues from 1997-2000; balanced
budgets for four consecutive years.

2003 — President George W. Bush: 3.5 percent GDP growth or more in the
first two years; 44 percent increase in annual federal revenues from
2003-07; deficit cut by 57 percent, from $378 billion to $161 billion.

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