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applegrove

(118,595 posts)
Wed Apr 5, 2017, 06:40 PM Apr 2017

The Freedom Caucus Is Organized to Resist

https://politicalwire.com/2017/04/05/freedom-caucus-organized-resist/

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Monkey Cage: “The House has hundreds of caucuses and a rich history of organized legislative blocs — but the Freedom Caucus is a particularly strong institution. It has an elected hierarchy of faction leaders and, thanks to a tiered dues system, several full-time staffers coordinate their legislative actions. Strict bylaws also help unify the group. New caucus candidates must be vetted, and the caucus can boot members from the group. If 80 percent of the bloc agrees on a policy position, the whole group is required to stand as a united front. These features make it much harder to pick off individual faction members.”

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The Freedom Caucus Is Organized to Resist (Original Post) applegrove Apr 2017 OP
GOP is already split into factions. applegrove Apr 2017 #1
Why did they drop the name "Teatards"? Hokie Apr 2017 #2

Hokie

(4,286 posts)
2. Why did they drop the name "Teatards"?
Wed Apr 5, 2017, 06:47 PM
Apr 2017
It fits so much better. They are crapping on the word "freedom".
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