Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Republican Freedom Caucus’s Revolt in House Is Stoked Back Home
It's clear that the goal of the Tea Party has been to cause complete turnover in the Republican Party on Capitol Hill. This article looks into the biographies of five members of the branch of the Republican Party. How do the views of these legislators differ from the majority of the party and how do these members plan to pass policy in Washington with these ideals. Will it work?
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For the most part, the five legislators seem to have a similar idea about how they want to pass policies in Washington: by using whatever means necessary, even a government shutdown. Andy Harris, however, stated that he would want to increase the voice in how bills are made in Washington. Personally, I don't think these plans will work. Government shutdowns don't really solve any problems, they just prolong them. And increasing the voice, while that might be a good idea, what Harris is suggesting depicts a more partisan voice (more Republican than Democrat). That would not work either as the country is not made of purely Republicans or purely Democrats. There has to be a voice for everyone with a balance of some sort.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I find the Tea Party to be incredibly disruptive to politics in Washington. The policies they want push the liberals and annoy them, as if on purpose, as if they want a big argument and fight over it.
The Tea Party branch of the Republican party refuses to compromise on any grounds with anyone, especially with the Democrats. They appear to either have a very strong sense of right and wrong or just be in the business in order to cause trouble. Historically, Congress has worked because of negotiations and compromises to attempt to satisfy the majority of the American people, but when one side refuses to comply, chaos erupts. I understand that they have strong beliefs, but that should not allow them to prevent any policy opposing their views from passing. There will always be decenters with any piece of legislation, but that does not mean that no legislature should ever be passed. For the time being, it seems to me that the Tea Party members will not be able to pass laws, but they will be able to prevent them from passing. The Freedom Caucus believes that it is all about them and this will never work in the context of a democracy.
ReplyDeleteThe Tea Party differs from the majority of the Republican Party because they hold more conservative views and are less willing to compromise on their views. The Tea Party plans to pass legislation by whatever means necessary. They are more likely to believe that no legislation is better than bad legislation which contrasts with most other politicians. The Tea Party has been able to disrupt so far but hasn't had the success it desires in terms of passing legislation. However, if more Tea Party candidates are elected to congress, and if a more conservative presidential candidate is elected, they could have more success.
ReplyDeleteThe Tea Party differs from the majority of the party because they are unwilling to compromise with other parties, and have more conservative values. Also, they will do whatever is necessary to get what they want as seen from the government shutdown in 2013. I don't think their passing policies are effective. Most politicians disagree with their methods, and so the Tea Party has not had much luck with getting legislation they support passed. This is mainly because of their unwillingness to compromise. In a system government where compromise is essential to achieving political efficacy, the Tea Party will just obstruct progress.
ReplyDeleteThe views of Tea Party branch of the Republican Party differ from the majority of the Republican Party because of their more conservative values and their minimal wellness to compromise on these values or views. The Tea Party branch of the Republican Party seems to have a strong distinction on what they belive to be right or wrong and tries to cause controversy. The Republicans refuse to compromise, especially with the Democrats. Even though they have strong beliefs, I don't think it's right how they prevent any policy from passing just because it differs from what hey believe in. They should judge it for the betterment of the majority and put their beliefs aside. It seems to me that the Tea Party members won't be able to pass any laws or policies, because of their views. They will however be able to prevent other laws from passing. The members of the Tea Party have an unwillingness to compromise, so I don't think these members have a chance in passing a policy in Washington with these ideals of no compromise. It is essential to have compromise in order to have a well organized governement and without it, causes chaos.
ReplyDeleteThese views differ from the majority of the party in that they don't want to comply or compromise with others. They wany more power over the other legislatures and will assert their power to stop congressional progress in any way. I think at first they had good intentions/ideals in trying to get their ideas heard, yet their methods of doing so (mainly stopping progress and threatening government shutdown) has actually hurt their goals along with the people (even those who vote for the Freedom Caucus members).
ReplyDeleteI don't think people and congressmen will put up with the Freedom Caucus members. Paul Ryan is the perfect example of someone trying to put them back in their place. The Freedom Caucus is trying to assert too much power, power they shouldn't have, and I don't think others will stand for it. They won't be able to get most of their notions passed unless they work with others. Coalitions are what continue the congressional progress, fracturing and refusing to compromise is what stops progress.
The Tea party branch of the Republican party contrasts against their constituants in the rest of the party because of their conservative views and reservatons against the actions of the party as a whole. It is very simple; compromise is not in the vocabulary of the members of the Tea Party branch and when an issue is at hand it is their way or the highway. Thereforethey tend to cause a lot of tension and distress among their party as evident in past issues, but most recently with the resignation John Boehner from Speaker of the House. Their methods of obtaining their goals are somewhat ridiculous in that they are willing to risk a governemnt shutdown just to prove a point. The one thing I don't understand is how such a small portion of the republican party can have such a substantial effect on the party as a whole. Why can't the upstanding majority over rule the Tea Party branch. It is somewhat pathetic that the republican party constantly complains about the issues amongst its' members when they have the power to prevent this from happening. I don't think it will be very long before the Freedom Caucus will no longer have as strong an influence on the party.
ReplyDeleteThe Tea Party branch differs from most of the Republican party because they have very conservative views and are much less willing to compromise. It seems like they would rather create a gridlock in congress rather than compromise with the other party. The Tea Party could easily compromise on many issues, but instead the prolong the process. Such a small group of people shouldn’t have the power to create that much chaos within the government. Our government works because we compromise and resolve issues so they will benefit the majority of Americans, but the Tea Party is making it so that compromise isn’t possible. If the Tea Party continues to grow, legislation will never be passed and nothing will be accomplished.
ReplyDeleteThe Tea Party differs from the rest of the Republican party for many reasons. A few of the main reasons is that they are unwilling to compromise with anyone (even members of the Republican party), have an extremely conservative view, and will do whatever to gain/remain in power. Members of the Tea Party have done myriad things to try to pass legislation and to try to assert power. For example, they tried to block House Speaker from Republicans who do not share similar views, they questioned the president’s birth certificate, and they threatened to shut down the government, along with many other absurd things. Tea Party members will do whatever they please in order to be “successful.”
ReplyDeleteSurprisingly though, the members of the Tea Party branch make up a decent number of Republican legislators. Not only does this surprise me because their views are so radical (i.e. wanting to defund Planned Parenthood), but also because they have not compromised with the Democrats, or even the other Republicans, on anything!
Although everyone’s voice deserves to be heard, the disruption that the Tea Party is causing is absolutely ridiculous. They need to learn how to compromise or, even better, people need to open their eyes.
The Tea Party might argue that they do not differ too much from the Republican Party: even in the article it is stated that they are not as conservative as they have been perceived. However, actions do speak louder than words, and the Tea Party's unwillingness to make any sort of compromise at all and willingness to simply be a proponent for stalling show that they definitely are a separate force. If their ideas aligned with those of the rest of the party, why would they be so widely recognized as a separate entity? Their attempts to veil this difference is just further proof of this. They are different in the same way that the Democratic party is different: they have different values. More so, they have different values that they won't budge on, and cause political turmoil over.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I think that the caucus will ultimately be a turning point in stopping the massive disruption caused by the Tea Party. It appears to me that, assuming Paul Ryan is elected (as it appears he will be) as Speaker of the House, they will be forced to turn down the disruption in order to get anything they want done, and I think that they will see that and change their ways in order to survive politically, and therefore no, I think that their tactics will have largely failed.
First and foremost, these "Freedom Caucus" Republicans are dense. It is their way or the highway. They are parasitically feeding off of our government as they hold it hostage in an attempt to have things their way. They aren’t giving much regard to the rest of Congress, let alone their own party. They are almost like a cult. They are set to their highly conservative beliefs and live by them. Modern politicians are stereotyped as acting heavily in their own self-interest. The Tea Party, Conservative Republicans, Freedom Caucus, whatever you want to call it, is one of the reasons we have that stereotype. I just don’t get it. Can’t they see that they are hurting our country? Clearly they don’t. I don’t know why they think they are doing the right thing. All I can see as an outcome of this is a major lack in productivity and more loss in trust in government. You can’t sway all of Congress. Compromises must be made but it might be too late at this point. People have slowly begun to drink the kool-aid and comply with the conservative right.
ReplyDeleteBut hey, that's just my opinion.
The Tea Party members, as most other people mentioned, are unwilling to listen to the opinions of other members of government and stick strictly to their own ideals. While it is a good thing to have strong opinions, it is also essential as a politician to listen to what other people have to say too. Government shutdowns, as we have seen, do not really help out the issue at hand. Over the past few decades, the American government has just become very divided. We have radicals in office, not moderates, and it is not good for our country as nobody can agree on any issue. The Tea Party's tactics can never work.
ReplyDeleteThe goal of the government has traditionally been to foster policies and conditions good for the greater part of Americans. Obviously, as we know, "men are not angels" there are certain provisions in place to let the government make decisions free of the public's complete control so long as they are in the people's best interest. But in the situation of the freedom caucas and these five mens' opinions, this idea has been warped into an obstructionist mindset which involves a complete disregard to the opinions that aren't their own, a refusal to compromise, and a "by all means necessary" armory of methods to prevent anything from happening outside their wishes. This leads to these government shutdowns and multiple other problems that prevent the good of the public from being carried out. This sort of radicalism cripples compromise and cannot be conducive to the republic.
ReplyDeleteThese 5 members are dangerous to our entire political system. That is the only way I see this. They will let the government come to a complete stop before they even contemplate a compromise. They only have one agenda, their own parties. Their agenda ideally should be that of the US people and the citizens from their area that elected them. The "Freedom Caucus" is a bunch of lunatics pushing ideas forward that will never pass. Some of the things these members say are just plain silly and I think if you want to hold up the democratic process then you should not be allowed to hold a seat.
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