GOP frustration builds with Freedom Caucus floor tactics
Posted on AllSides May 20th, 2022
From The Center
Some GOP lawmakers are getting frustrated with the hard-line tactics of the conservative House Freedom Caucus.
Members of the group have forced recorded votes on normally noncontroversial bills on the suspension calendar, forcing lawmakers to hang around the chamber for hours to get their votes in rather than conduct other business.
It led to a confrontation on Tuesday night during a 2 1/2-hour vote series on 13 separate measures between Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee, and Reps. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Scott Perry (R-Pa.), the chairman of the Freedom Caucus. ...