Are we getting things done? Congressional Republicans disagree
House Republicans are battling one another over how much work they’ve done in President Trump’s first six-plus months in office.
GOP leaders say the media isn’t paying enough attention to a litany of significant bills that have already been passed by the House.
At a GOP leadership press conference on Wednesday, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) touted a chart showing a spike in bills passed by the House since Trump took office.
Conservatives argue that the chart shows how sensitive their leadership is to the truth: that they’ve been slow to enact promises to bring about major reform to Washington.
“If I see another chart that shows how many bills we’ve passed in the first seven months, I think I’m gonna scream,” said conservative Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.).
“The favorite bad habit of this GOP conference is to conflate activity with progress. They are not the same.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/342113-are-we-getting-things-done-congressional-republicans-disagree
