{"id":132307,"date":"2023-04-17T22:53:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T22:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=132307"},"modified":"2023-04-17T22:53:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T22:53:53","slug":"house-gop-claims-wins-ahead-of-biggest-tests-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/house-gop-claims-wins-ahead-of-biggest-tests-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP claims wins ahead of biggest tests yet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise is feeling good about GOP wins in the first 100 days of the 118th Congress, he told Axios in an interview last week. <\/p>\n
Why it matters: <\/strong>Speaker Kevin McCarthy promised on Monday the GOP can pass a debt limit increase into 2024, and House Republicans are set to unveil sweeping immigration legislation that could divide the caucus. <\/p>\n Scalise told Axios he feels notching two unexpected bipartisan wins signals they're on the right track.<\/p>\n What they're saying: <\/strong>Scalise said he had to strategize early on a plan to bring bills they could pass on the floor following Speaker McCarthy\u2019s challenges in obtaining the gavel, allowing them to pass 59 bills in the first 100 days versus the 37 passed in the same time period during the 117th Congress.<\/p>\n The big picture: <\/strong>GOP lawmakers have struggled to reach a consensus on a budget amid conservatives\u2019 push for substantial spending cuts to be attacked to any debt ceiling deal.<\/p>\n The other side<\/strong>: Democrats have repeatedly attacked GOP priorities, accusing them of focusing on partisan investigations and messaging bills.<\/p>\n\n
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