In many ways, serving as a Republican member of the House of Representatives seems like a pretty cushy gig in President Donald Trump’s second term. Congress is positioned as a rubber stamp for the administration’s policy and shield against criticism toward their MAGA allies. But the rank and file are reportedly bristling at a domineering White House — and starting to worry it will cost them their jobs.
The buzz kicked off with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., stunning Washington with her decision to resign from her seat in January. In her four-page announcement, the MAGA darling turned exile lamented that “almost one year into our majority, the legislature has been mostly sidelined” and that many of her bills that reflect Trump’s agenda have never even made it to the House floor.
Greene’s attack on the sclerotic pace of activity in the House isn’t unfounded. After an unprecedented 43-day-long federal shutdown, representatives returned to Washington, the city that they’d fled a full two weeks before the government even closed. While Speaker Mike Johnson had warned lawmakers to prepare to buckle in for weeks of hard work before the next shutdown deadline in January, most of the GOP’s time so far has been spent doing … not that.
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