Brian4Liberty
10-12-2015, 02:16 PM
Marsha Blackburn: New GOP Leadership Needs to Represent Its Constituents (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/12/marsha-blackburn-new-gop-leadership-needs-represent-constituents/)
by Julia Hahn - 12 Oct 2015
(Washington D.C.) - Congresswoman Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), a potential candidate for Speaker of the House, says it’s time the House of Representatives to begin prioritizing the interests of its constituents– the American people.
“What the American people want us to do is to deliver for them,” Blackburn declared in an exclusive interview on Breitbart News Sunday SiriusXM Radio. “What they’re looking to is the House to be the agenda setters. So that is where our focus should be and ought to be. And to represent what our constituents want to see we need to put the options and ideas on the table and turn that into legislation and pass it.”
According to a recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, an astounding 72 percent of Republican primary voters are dissatisfied with current Republican leadership.
One of Republican voters’ many frustrations with its leadership is not only that GOP leadership fails to advance conservative priorities, but that it often engages in elaborately staged Kabuki theatre to ensure that Republican donors’ agenda is enacted—even if it comes at the expense of the economic and physical security of everyday voters.
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More: http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/12/marsha-blackburn-new-gop-leadership-needs-represent-constituents/
by Julia Hahn - 12 Oct 2015
(Washington D.C.) - Congresswoman Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), a potential candidate for Speaker of the House, says it’s time the House of Representatives to begin prioritizing the interests of its constituents– the American people.
“What the American people want us to do is to deliver for them,” Blackburn declared in an exclusive interview on Breitbart News Sunday SiriusXM Radio. “What they’re looking to is the House to be the agenda setters. So that is where our focus should be and ought to be. And to represent what our constituents want to see we need to put the options and ideas on the table and turn that into legislation and pass it.”
According to a recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, an astounding 72 percent of Republican primary voters are dissatisfied with current Republican leadership.
One of Republican voters’ many frustrations with its leadership is not only that GOP leadership fails to advance conservative priorities, but that it often engages in elaborately staged Kabuki theatre to ensure that Republican donors’ agenda is enacted—even if it comes at the expense of the economic and physical security of everyday voters.
...
More: http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/12/marsha-blackburn-new-gop-leadership-needs-represent-constituents/