This question has gone unanswered for nearly a year. Seven Republican congressman have repeatedly stood in the way of the president’s priorities, while also bucking House leadership. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Lawler (R-NY), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Rob Bresnahan (R-PA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Max Miller (R-OH), and Riley Moore (R-WV) have a lot to answer for.Fitzpatrick from Pennsylvania is a case in point. Last summer, he voted against the president’s signature law — the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. In doing so, he voted against the president’s efforts to deliver tax relief to working families and small businesses. The economy would be in a much worse place without that bill, and Fitzpatrick nearly killed it.
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Fitzpatrick — along with Lawler, LaLota, and Bresnahan — also defied the president to pass expanded Obamacare subsidies through the House in January. Republican leaders rightly opposed that policy because it really makes healthcare more expensive for working families. No matter: These Republicans effectively handed the speaker’s gavel over to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) for the vote. Why would they do anything to help a Democrat who’s surely going to begin impeachment proceedings against the president if his party takes control of the House next year?
