By Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
WASHINGTON — The House Freedom Caucus, a group of conservative lawmakers co-founded by U.S. Rep. Scott Garrett, is seen as the political force that helped bring down House Speaker John Boehner,convinced House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy to give up his quest to be Speaker and brought the federal government close to its second shutdown in three years.
Speaking publicly for the first time since Boehner’s resignation, the New Jersey lawmaker said the 60-vote threshold for legislation in the other chamber is preventing Congress from doing its job.
“Why can’t Congress get things done?” Garrett (R-5th Dist.) told reporters outside the House chambers on Friday. “Even though Republicans are in charge of the Senate, we still need a half-dozen votes to move legislation,” referring to the six Democratic votes needed to reach 60.
https://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/10/njs_garrett_senate_rules_hinder_gop_actions.html
Funny, there were 24 Comments on the article at northjersey.com. All negative about Garrett.
Republicant are busy fighting Democrats and each other. That is why they can’t get anything done.
revolutions are messy , and does the Bergen Record still have 25 readers???