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Conservatives Call for New House Leadership [1]
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Date: 2023-01
January 4, 2023
Washington, DC
Conservative organizations and the millions of grassroots conservatives we represent are united in our support of the 20 courageous members of Congress seeking to change the status quo in Washington.
Over the past decade, the House has grown increasingly autocratic. Rank and file members are routinely denied a chance to participate in the legislative process, committees are ignored, deals and loopholes for interests abound, and there is virtually no amendment process for any bills, large or small. The outcome reflects the process: bills that cater to a handful of members in leadership and K street lobbyists, but ignore the priorities of the voters.
Months ago, these members made clear that this established way of doing things was no longer acceptable. They made public a series of proposed reforms designed to democratize the House – to engage the broader membership in legislating, and bring accountability back to the People’s House.
Rather than engage them in a good faith negotiation, Rep. Kevin McCarthy has instead maligned both the requests and the messengers. He has publicly and through proxies leveled attacks against members of his own party, including threatening to deny committee assignments for those who continue to oppose him. Moreover, he has failed to answer for, or commit to halting, his coordinated efforts in the 2022 elections to promote moderate Republican candidates over conservatives.
Because of this, he has thus far failed to garner the 218 votes necessary to lead the House GOP conference in three separate rounds of voting. The job of the Speaker is to garner consensus among disparate factions of the party, and unite them.
These members represent the millions of voters across the country who are disgusted with the business-as-usual, self-interested governance in Washington. We stand behind them and beside them in their courageous efforts to find a Speaker of the House who will represent the interests of conservatives. We encourage more conservative members to join their ranks.
The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell
Chairman, Conservative Action Project
Chairman, CNP Action, Inc. Jenny Beth Martin
Chairman
Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund L. Brent Bozell III
Founder and President
Media Research Center The Honorable Jim DeMint
Chairman, Conservative Partnership Institute
Member, US Senate (SC 2005-2013) David N. Bossie
President
Citizens United Lori Roman
President
ACRU Action Fund Kelly J. Shackelford, Esq.
President and CEO
First Liberty Institute Andrew Roth
President
State Freedom Caucus Network Ed Corrigan
Vice Chairman, Conservative Action Project
President & CEO, Conservative Partnership Institute Cleta Mitchell, Esq.
Senior Legal Fellow
Conservative Partnership Institute The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop
White House Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1981-1985) Tom Jones
Co-Founder
American Accountability Foundation The Honorable Edwin Meese III
Attorney General
President Ronald Reagan (1985-1988) The Honorable Bob McEwen
U.S. House of Representatives
Former Member, Ohio Thomas E. McClusky
Principal
Greenlight Strategies, LLC The Honorable Morton C. Blackwell
President
The Leadership Institute The Honorable Russ Vought
Director
Office of Management and Budget (2020-2021) Noah Wall
Executive Vice President
FreedomWorks William L. Walton
The Bill Walton Show
Resolute Protector Foundation Myron Ebell David Bozell
President
ForAmerica Ginni Thomas
President
Liberty Consulting Terry Schilling
President
American Principles Project Alfred S. Regnery
President
Republic Book Publishers Chad Connelly
Founder and President
Faith Wins Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.
Executive Chairman
Center for Security Policy The Honorable David McIntosh
President
Club for Growth Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret.)
Executive Vice President
Family Research Council Scott T. Parkinson
Vice President for Government Affairs
Club for Growth Wesley Denton
Chief Operating Officer
Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI) Seton Motley
President
Less Government Khadine Ritter
Chair
Eagle Forum of Ohio Kristen A. Ullman
President
Eagle Forum Dr. Virginia Armstrong
Nat’l. Chrm., Law & Worldview Program
Eagle Forum Karen England
President
Capitol Resource Institute The Honorable Gary L. Bauer
President
American Values The Honorable George K. Rasley Jr.
Managing Editor
ConservativeHQ.com Mike Davis
Founder and President
Article III Project (A3P) and Internet Accountability Project (IAP) Allen J. Hebert
Chairman
American-Chinese Fellowship of Houston Ralph Rebandt
Former 2022 Gubernatorial candidate
Ralph Rebandt for Michigan Governor The Honorable Louis F. Terhar
Ohio State Senator (Ret.)
CNP, Board of Governors C. Preston Noell III
President
Tradition, Family, Property, Inc. Melvin Adams
President
Noah Webster Educational Foundation Carol Rebandt
Chief of Staff
2022 Campaign to elect Ralph Rebandt for Michigan Governor Floyd Brown
Founder
The Western Journal Debbie Georgatos
Host, America Can We Talk?
CWT Publications, LLC Rob Gluskin
Managing Partner
Gluskin Investment Partners Richard Rounsavelle
Trustee
MRC The Honorable Mike Hill
Former Member
Florida State House Robert K. Fischer
Meeting Coordinator
Conservatives of Faith Dr. John C. Eastman
Partner
Constitutional Counsel Group Debbie Wuthnow
President
IVoterGuide The Honorable George Dunlop
Senior Policy Advisor Trump Transition 2017
Trump Transition 2017 Sheryl Kaufman
Board Member
Americans for Limited Government Ron Armstrong
President
Stand Up Michigan Inc. Ned Jones
Deputy Director
Election Integrity Network The Honorable Steve King
Member, U.S. Congress (Ret.) The Honorable Jake Hoffman
President & CEO
1TEN | A Creative Agency The Honorable Laurin Hendrix
Representative Elect
AZ Legislature The Honorable Anthony Kern
Member
Arizona State Senate Brigitte Gabriel
CEO, ACT For America
ACT For America The Honorable Jacqueline Parker
Member
AZ State House of Representatives Jessie Jane Duff
Gunnery Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps (ret)
2020 Campaign Co-Chair Veterans for Trump Dr. Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D.
Founders and CEO
Corstet LLC E.C. Sykes
General Partner
Aslan Ventures The Honorable Joseph Chaplik
Arizona State Representative
Arizona House of Representatives Eunie Smith
President Emeritus
Eagle Forum Amy Kremer
Chairwoman
Women for America First John Stemberger
President
Florida Family Action Tim Macy
Chairman
Gun Owners of America The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Chief Domestic Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1987-1988) Jim Hoft
Founder Editor
The Gateway Pundit
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