Summary
The House GOP’s new rules package aims to weaken minority party influence while advancing a pro-corporate agenda.
Key provisions include shielding the House speaker from bipartisan accountability and fast-tracking 12 GOP bills without allowing amendments, including measures to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) and protect fracking.
Democrats, led by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), criticized the package for ignoring economic and social issues like inflation and housing while prioritizing tax cuts for billionaires.
Republicans plan to offset these costs by slashing social programs, sparking warnings of further congressional dysfunction.
Gerrymandering has been a part of the system since the founding of the country. It shouldn’t exist, but everybody knows the rules of the game. The candidates all knew what they were getting into and knew that they’d have to break through all the gerrymandering in order to win.
You can’t play the game knowing what the rules are, then blame the rules when you lose.
Go ahead and defend the system but don’t say the majority voted for this, because the rules expressly allow for minority rule.