Now that a House speaker has been selected after a day of deadlock and members have finally been sworn in, the conference can work towards reviving business and holding GOP-led committees. leadership.
Each new Congress must pass a new set of House rules, and doing so will be at the top of the 118th Congress’ to-do list when the House reconvenes on Monday.
With a Republican majority in the House, a new power was formed to set the agenda – investigative and legislative.
Legal agenda: House Republicans will have limited ability to pass bills through Congress with Democrats controlling the Senate and the White House, where the president can exercise veto power over legislation. However, House Republicans will be able to push message bills that highlight their agenda.
In an exclusive, wide-ranging interview with CNN ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy outlined his plan to take office.
Those plans include:
- deal with inflation
- Increased crime and border security
- He also left the door open to eventual impeachment proceedings, which some of his members have begun calling for.
There will also be a number of policy issues to pass — like funding for the government — that will test the ability of Republicans and Democrats to cooperate.
Read more about what Republicans plan to do with their new House majority here.
