When Rep. Tom Emmer became the House GOP whip in 2023, Republicans’ mission was simple: Limit the damage President Joe Biden did before President Donald Trump returned to the White House.
While coordinated and successful opposition is no easy chore (just ask former Speaker Kevin McCarthy or Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer), governing, even with a trifecta, is harder. But that’s precisely the task before Emmer and his Republican colleagues.
Emmer, a Republican from Minnesota, opened up about those difficulties on this week’s episode of “The Signal Sitdown.” We discuss the dynamics inside the House Republican conference as budget negotiations and bringing rogue federal judges to heel dominate conversations on Capitol Hill.
Though most odds-makers had Democrats taking back the House last year, Emmer was confident that Republicans would come out of the…
