COMMENTARY_ Republicans need discipline and patience to succeed with narrow majority

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Republicans need discipline and patience to succeed with narrow majority

Speaker Johnson and GOP leadership must focus on popular reforms to win Americans' support in 2025

COMMENTARY

By Newt Gingrich - Monday, January 6, 2025

OPINION:


This month marks a big shift in power and direction in Washington, America and the world.

On Jan. 3, Republicans took control of the Senate and maintained control in the House. While the House majority is the narrowest in history, it is still a majority.

When combined with President-elect Donald Trump’s taking office on Jan. 20, a Republican trifecta will set the tone, advance an agenda and decide what to investigate and what to ignore.

This is a dramatic and bold change from the Biden-Schumer-Pelosi era.

We should not, however, exaggerate how much can be done. The House majority is narrow — and the Senate GOP majority is too small to overcome filibusters. For important, contentious policy initiatives, Republicans will have to use reconciliation bills, which require only majority votes.

Sen. John Thune is the new majority leader (and the first Republican leader other than Sen. Mitch McConnell in 18 years). He will be able to get a lot done. His first key steps will be getting Mr. Trump’s Cabinet confirmed by the Senate, and an enormous number of other appointments will require Senate confirmation. As a veteran of the House (1997-2003) and the Senate (2005 to the present), Mr. Thune has a good sense of the strengths and weaknesses of each body. A generation younger than Mr. McConnell, Mr. Thune will bring new energy and drive to get things done in the Senate.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has a much harder job; he has the hardest job in Washington. I was a reasonably effective speaker for four years. I could not possibly do the job Mr. Johnson has been doing. He has the patience of Job — and the calm inner strength to keep focusing on the work despite constant attacks.

The legitimately frustrated Republicans who attacked Mr. Johnson’s speakership have a deep misunderstanding of what is happening. Mr. Johnson’s personality is not the problem. The problem is conservatives’ failure to understand that important legislative victories require an all-out effort supported by the American people.

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