Reuters just posted an article entitled Analysis: House Republican freshmen feel heat from all sides which reports that the most intense pressure applied to freshman Republicans isn’t coming from the Democrats, but, instead, the tea party. The pressure is mostly coming from votes cast over increasing the debt ceiling. In the article, Ohio Republican Congressman Steven LaTourette seemed to express a sentiment of frustration over this problem:
Ohio Congressman Steven LaTourette (R, OH-14)
Republican Rep. Steven LaTourette, an 18-year veteran of Congress from Ohio and close friend to House Speaker John Boehner, said he respects the power of the Tea Party movement but that it has made it difficult to accomplish much in the House.
However, LaTourette said, many freshman lawmakers have “grown into the job,” and have become more than simply reflections of the Tea Party’s no-compromise argument.
“Two-thirds (of House Republican freshmen) now realize you have to compromise to get things done,” LaTourette said. “But there are about 20 who don’t have any give in them and that’s why we are having problems. If it smacks of spending, they will vote against it.”
Read the entire article at Analysis: House Republican freshmen feel heat from all sides | Reuters.
Who are the 20 House Republican, they are right. Do not give in to the Tyrants that run Washington today. That the only way to stop them.
Why does LaTourette think these Tea Party representatives were sent to Congress in the first place??!!!…and why Republicans won by a landslide in 2010?? THE PEOPLE WERE SENDING A MESSAGE…WE ARE TIRED OF POLITICS AS USUAL!!! I think it is sad that so many tea party freshmen have given in to the pressure from the establishment Republicans…and it is infuriating to think that the establishment representatives put so much pressure on them. I think it is time to get LaTourette out as well…he and Boehner both!!
That is not a problem. The problem is all the compromising has been a one way street in LaTourettes political direction in the past. Time to reverse the insanity that LaTourette represents.
It’s not about compromising…It’s about what is best for this country Congressman LaTourette. Why aren’t all Congressmen upset about our country going bankrupt?
Perhaps we could do with some balance. We should not allow ourselves to turn into the tyrants. If we make impossible demands on them, we may end up destroying ourselves.