Senate GOP Eyes Last-Ditch Push on Affordability as Fears Deepen over Midterm Map
GOP leaders say the bill would help counter voter anxiety over rising costs as Democrats prepare to block it.
- Senate Republicans gathered Wednesday at campaign headquarters for a strategy session where members expressed frustration over leadership priorities, arguing the party should focus on cost-of-living concerns rather than new rules for college athletics.
- With fewer than 40 days until the midterms, Republicans privately worry their majority is at risk as gas and grocery prices spike. Voter confidence has eroded, dragging down campaigns from Alaska to Maine as well as Iowa, Ohio and Kansas.
- Sen Jon Husted of Ohio and Sen John Kennedy of Louisiana, both endangered Republicans, demanded colleagues "do something real and tangible on affordability." Sen Susan Collins of Maine joined them in pleading for economic measures over college sports priorities.
- Democrats blocked previous attempts at legislation, arguing they were inadequate. Senate Majority Leader John Thune remains skeptical of simple solutions, noting gas prices depend on global oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz.
- Time is running out for the Senate with just one week remaining in Washington. GOP leaders agreed to take up an electricity price bill, a last-ditch attempt to strengthen their economic message before November midterms.
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Endangered Republicans beg GOP leadership to throw voters a bone: 'Do something real'
Vulnerable Senate Republicans are pressing their party's leaders to act on rising prices before the midterms, as private worries grow that the GOP majority could be in danger.Dozens of Republicans met Wednesday at the Senate GOP's campaign headquarters for what was expected to be one of their last strategy sessions before November, and one person in the room told CNN that Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH), one of the most endangered Republicans in the coun…
On Wednesday, at the Senate Republican campaign headquarters, dozens of party members gathered for a strategic session during which they were supposed to be their last days in Washington before the mid-term elections...
Senate Republicans Plan Last-Ditch Effort to Lower Costs
“Inside the Senate GOP’s campaign headquarters on Wednesday, dozens of Republicans gathered for a strategy session during what was expected to be their final days in Washington before the November midterms,” CNN reports. “Then Sen. Jon Husted of Ohio – one of the most endangered Republicans in the country – made an urgent appeal to his colleagues. He told them to stay in town, demanding they ‘do something real and tangible on affordability,’ acc…
Senate Republicans push for last-minute action on cost-of-living concerns before midterm break
Senate Republicans are scrambling to hold at least one vote on a cost-of-living issue before adjourning for the midterm elections, a last-ditch effort to convince voters to keep them in the majority.
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