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Sign our petition and help put country before party! |
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Hi Friend, It’s so important the No Labels community understands the stakes of the House speaker race. In the coming hours and days, House Republicans will decide whether they want to govern for the next two years, or whether they’ll let a small faction hold America hostage to their extreme demands. We need your help to ensure they make the right decision. We need you to sign our petition to let key House Republicans know that they need to stand strong and put country before party. |
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As you have likely heard, a group of far-right members, led by the likes of Rep. Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert, are making escalating demands of Kevin McCarthy to give him their votes for House Speaker. Some of the changes they are asking for – like ensuring members have more time to read legislation before it’s voted on – are actually good. But two of the demands in particular are a red line for No Labels, because they effectively allow the far-right Freedom Caucus to control Congress. We don’t believe any House Republican should vote for a speaker who agrees to these two demands, which are: -
Enabling a single member of the House to file a “motion to vacate the [speaker] chair:” This is effectively a motion to get rid of the current speaker. In a previous Congress, the Problem Solvers Caucus fought for a rules reform that required more than half the majority party to support this motion. But if the threshold drops to one, it means a House speaker will spend the next two years knowing they could lose their job if they make a move someone like Matt Gaetz doesn’t like. It’s a recipe for chaos and catering to every crazy demand of the most irresponsible members.
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Putting several Freedom Caucus members on the House Rules committee: This little-known committee is arguably the most important in the whole House. It’s like the House’s Board of Directors. The Rules committee decided which bills do and don’t get a vote and which amendments get offered. The Freedom Caucus wants more power on this committee to ensure that only far right proposals make it the House floor. We can’t emphasize the importance of this moment enough. The most radical members in the Republican party are making a brazen power grab and they’re going to get it if an equally determined group of pragmatic House members don’t stand in their way. Please, as soon as you can, sign our petition and demand that House members don’t cave in to these concessions. Margaret White
Co-executive Director |
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