Thursday, October 8, 2015

Republican Rep. Charlie Dent Calls For "Bipartisan Coalition" To Select New Speaker (Video)


By Christi Parsons , Oct 08, 2015 LA Times

Republican Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy stunned House colleagues when he announced that he would withdraw from the race to be the next House Speaker. In the immediate aftermath, Rep. Charlie Dent says "anything is possible now."

To get anything done "we might have to assemble a bipartisan coalition, that’s the reality of this place," Dent told CNN moments after McCarthy withdrew from the race.

REP. CHARLIE DENT: The next Speaker should not appease those who make unreasonable demands. There are a number of members of our conference. You cannot get the yes on anything. For them the end will be the good.

In my view it's come time to marginalize those members who doesn't want to be part of the governing majority. 

 
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