February 13, 2019
SO IT TURNS OUT...:
McCarthy blames Republican loss of House majority on GOP health care bill (Mike DeBonis February 12, 2019, Washington Post)
Speaking privately to his donors, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy squarely blamed Republican losses in last year's midterm elections on the GOP push to roll back health insurance protections for people with preexisting conditions -- and in turn blamed his party's right flank.McCarthy's comments, made in a Feb. 6 conference call from which The Washington Post obtained partial recordings, represent a vindication of Democratic efforts to elevate health care as an issue in last year's campaign. And in singling out the House Freedom Caucus, the remarks threaten to rekindle internal resentments inside the House Republican Conference.
McCarthy to GOP: DACA vote could cost us the House (RACHAEL BADE and JOHN BRESNAHAN, 05/17/2018, Politico)
House Republicans are flailing to get on the same page on immigration, as rebellious moderates inch closer toward forcing a vote protecting Dreamers and leaders scramble to stop the intra-party collision.
...that opposing health care and hating the other is a recipe for oblivion? Who'd have dreamt....House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy warned centrist Republicans in a closed-door meeting Wednesday that their effort to force votes on immigration could cost the party its House majority and empower Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
Posted by Orrin Judd at February 13, 2019 12:01 AM