House Republicans need to prove they can govern now that they have taken back control of the chamber, says House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA).
Scalise, now second in House Republican leadership behind Speaker Kevin McCarthy , believes GOP lawmakers, who hold a 222-213 edge over Democrats, can tackle large portions of their agenda despite the challenges of holding a narrow majority.
“God gave me a second chance on life," Scalise said."It easily could have gone a different way that day, and I know how close I was to not making it out." "I saw real miracles that day and not just for me, but for other people that made it through that day as well," Scalise said."I was in a hospital for 3 1/2 months and, once I got beyond wondering if I was going to make it through the next day, and then I had to plan on learning how to walk again. When I can actually start thinking about what I wanted to do when I got out of the hospital, there was never a doubt I want to go back to work.
Now that he's charged with helping run the House's day-to-day operations, Scalise said it's important Republicans do away with procedures established during the COVID-19 pandemic that were kept in place too long, such as proxy voting. Members should have to be present in Washington when voting, he said, talking it up as a move that could help bipartisanship in Congress.
But by the end of January, only about half had been voted on. Some got votes later in January, and into the first half of February. While others weren’t on the calendar.
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