FreedomWorks’ Member of the Month for August 2018: Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio)
FreedomWorks is proud to honor Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as our member of the month for August 2018. He serves in the House of Representatives for Ohio’s 4th Congressional…
Voters Want a New Face for the GOP: Another Case for Speaker Jordan
The 2018 midterm cycle is already shaping up to be a tough year for Republicans in the House, with many predicting a “blue wave” this fall and speculating that the…
House Republicans Can’t Drain the Swamp by Electing Kevin McCarthy as Speaker
Last week, Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) announced that he would not seek re-election. His future had been an open question. He was essentially recruited to take the gavel of the…
The Next Speaker Must Do Something about Spending
With Paul Ryan still sitting squarely on the fence about whether or not he will run for Speaker of the House, the Republican leadership elections still remain largely up in…
Thomas Massie on Grassroots Success: Speaker’s Race and Open Process
On Wednesday evening, FreedomWorks was proud to host a town hall meeting with Congressman Thomas Massie in the Cincinnati suburban community of Erlanger, Kentucky. The event was co-hosted with the…
Boehner’s Blunder: Meadows Moves to Retire the Speaker
The Republican majority in Congress was supposed to bring bold change.We were promised principled priorities and a pro-freedom agenda. We were promised a stop to the progressive agenda of Barack…
The fight for Speaker is about the future of limited government principles
Today’s vote for Speaker of the House is about much more than who will lead the lower chamber over the next two years. It’s also about the future of the…
Boehner’s Ten Worst Moments as Speaker
UPDATE – July 28, 2015 – In the last six months, John Boehner has added substantially to his list of sins. Since we last checked in he has: Removed…
Replacing Speaker Boehner: Here’s How It’s Done
December’s disgraceful CRomnibus debacle fresh in mind, House conservatives may finally be ready to hand the most powerful gavel in the House from John Boehner to a more principled leader…
Here’s why House Republicans should replace Speaker Boehner
The House of Representatives may be under Republican control, but it lacks any semblance of principled leadership. In fact, fiscally conservative and libertarian-leaning members — the ideas wing of the…