Freedom Caucus

Freedom Caucus chair says comments about NC electors taken out of context

November 1, 2024 The Associated Press

The chairman of the House Freedom Caucus said last Friday that news reports quoting him as saying the North Carolina legislature could allocate the state’s presidential electors to Donald Trump before the votes are counted […]

HILL: When perfect is the enemy of the good

June 7, 2023 Frank Hill

The debt ceiling compromise has passed. It is not “perfect.” No legislation ever is. The Constitution was an amalgam of various negotiated principles, many with negative self-interested reasons, but it has proven to be the […]

HILL: The Freedom Caucus went back to the future

January 18, 2023 Frank Hill

It sure looked confusing for Republicans at the start of this Congress. One would have presumed all the negotiation and dickering could have been hammered out behind closed doors during the down months of November […]

Meadows toggles between legislator, White House roles

March 31, 2020 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — When it came time to heave the largest aid package in U.S. history over the finish line, Republican Rep. Mark Meadows was the closer, working with Democrats to get it done. He […]

GOP’s Amash, impeachment supporter, quits conservative group

June 12, 2019 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Justin Amash, the lone Republican calling for President Donald Trump’s impeachment, has quit the Freedom Caucus of House conservatives, his spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday. The split comes a few weeks after Amash […]