From CNS News:
Once Republicans take control of the House of Representatives this January, even minority Democrats will be able to offer amendments to reduce spending for all spending legislation that comes before the chamber — something that was not allowed under House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
This promise was reiterated on Thursday by Rep. Greg Walden(R-Ore.), who has been put in charge of the G.O.P House transition team, which will oversee the transfer of power from the Democrats to the Republicans…
While the natural inclination is to just stick it to the Democrats as bad as they stuck it us under the Pelosi regime, the better long term move is to free up the House and allow more open debate and voting on the floor. It is even ok if, from time to time, a Democrat amendment makes it in to the final bill because of this. Better to demonstrate to the American people that there’s a new and better way of doing the peoples’ business in DC.
We should never be afraid to argue our positions in open floor debate and then allow an up or down vote – our ideas are better and far more popular so we’ll very much more often win than lose…and by doing it this way, we’ll earn the respect of the American people.
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