众议院共和党党鞭史蒂夫·斯卡利斯发出了一份信他周五向同事们概述了该党在新的一年接管众议院后的立法议程。
斯卡利斯，谁一直在当选为下一届众议院多数党领袖提出了一些将在下一届国会的前两周提交的法案，其中许多将对抗民主党在过去四年中所做的工作。
斯卡利斯写道:“美国人民在11月8日发表了意见，决定是时候改变方向了。”。
他补充说:“过去两年对辛勤工作的家庭来说是艰难的，因为他们要努力应对生活成本的急剧上升，我们社区暴力犯罪激增的安全问题，飙升的天然气和家庭取暖价格，以及我们南部边境日益恶化的危机。”
这份立法清单包括一项取消美国国内税收署数十亿美元拨款的法案通货膨胀削减法案民主党人在没有共和党人支持的情况下通过了该法案。
共和党人声称，这笔资金将导致雇用87，000名国税局代理人，以中等收入家庭为目标财政部已经表示情况并非如此。民主党人表示，需要这笔钱来实现该机构的现代化，并取代退休的劳动力。
共和党提出的另一项法案将使海德修正案永久化，这是一项长达几十年的条款，禁止联邦资金用于大多数堕胎。乔·拜登总统多年来一直支持该修正案，但在2019年扭转了他的立场，民主党人去年试图取消支出法案中的条款，但努力失败了。
根据斯卡利斯的说法，共和党还将提出单独的立法，建立一个中国特别委员会，阻止从战略石油储备中提取“非紧急”资源，并赋予国土安全部部长在缺乏“行动控制”的情况下在边境拒绝移民的权力。
尽管共和党人将于下周自2018年以来首次夺回众议院的控制权，但许多措施可能会在民主党控制的参议院面临困难。
在信中，斯卡利斯还鼓励他的同事在1月3日投票支持众议员凯文·麦卡锡担任议长。
麦卡锡成为商会领袖的努力一直很复杂遭到一群强硬保守派的反对，他们说这位加州议员没有尽力反击民主党人，特别是在共和党在中期选举中令人失望的表现之后。
众议院的正式事务，包括建立委员会、举行投票和安排议员席位，在新议长选出之前将无法开始。
斯卡利斯告诉他的同事，他认识到在新的国会中建立委员会需要时间，但他表示，他计划首先提出的法案是“现成的”立法。
这位议员写道:“这些常识性的措施将解决辛勤工作的家庭在能源、通货膨胀、边境安全、生活、纳税人保护等问题上面临的挑战。”“它们应该获得广泛支持，并为我们未来的大胆议程提供一个标志。”
House Republicans prepare to counter Democrats' priorities with new bills
House Republican Whip Steve Scalise sent aletterto his colleagues Friday outlining the party's legislative agenda once it takes over the chamber in the new year.
Scalise, who has beenelected to become the next House majority leader, laid out a handful of bills that will be brought to the floor in the first two weeks of the next Congress -- many of which would counter the work done by Democrats over the past four years.
"The American people spoke on November 8th and decided it was time for a new direction," Scalise wrote.
"The last two years have been tough on hard-working families as they have grappled with drastic increases in the cost of living, safety concerns with violent crime skyrocketing in our communities, soaring gas and home heating prices, and a worsening crisis at our Southern border," he added.
The list of legislation includes a bill to rescind billions of dollars allocated for the Internal Revenue Service in theInflation Reduction Act, which Democrats passed with zero Republican support.
Republicans assert the funding will result in the hiring of 87,000 IRS agents to target middle-income families, which theTreasury Department has said is not the case. Democrats said the money is needed to modernize the agency and replace a retiring workforce.
Another bill to be brought forward by the GOP would make permanent the Hyde Amendment, a decades-old provision that has banned federal funding for most abortions. President Joe Biden supported the amendment for years but reversed his position in 2019 and Democrats tried to get rid of the provision in a spending bill last year but the effort failed.
According to Scalise, the GOP will also bring forward separate legislation to establish a China select committee, block "non-emergency" drawdowns from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and give the Department of Homeland Security secretary power to turn away migrants at the border absent "operational control."
While Republicans are set to take back control of the House for the first time since 2018 next week, many of the measures are likely to face an uphill in the Democrat-controlled Senate.
In the letter, Scalise also encouraged his colleagues to vote for Rep. Kevin McCarthy for speaker on Jan. 3.McCarthy's bid to become the chamber's leaderhas been complicatedby opposition from a group of hard-line conservatives who say the California congressman isn't doing enough to push back against Democrats, especially after the GOP's disappointing performance in the midterm elections.
Official business in the House, including establishing committees, holding votes and seating members, will not be able to start until a new speaker is elected.
Scalise told his colleagues that he recognizes that it will take time for committees to get established in the new Congress, but said the bills that he plans to bring forward first are "ready-to-go" legislation.
"These commonsense measures will address challenges facing hard- working families on issues ranging from energy, inflation, border security, life, taxpayer protection, and more," the congressman wrote. "They should garner wide support and provide an indication of our bold agenda to come."
