The fact that the House managed to cobble together the votes needed to pass Obamacare repeal should be a lesson to the House Leadership, which has for too long attempted to legislate from the top down. By giving conservatives like Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) a seat at the table, they managed to pass a bill that many in the media were already pronouncing dead. It is a lesson that did not escape House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX).
Hensarling is stewarding the passage of Dodd-Frank reform legislation in the House. He crafted a true conservative reform bill that will create jobs, lift job-killing red-tape, and help get our economy moving again.
Recent history has demonstrated that for conservatives to achieve victory, the House must pass the most conservative, free market bill possible, knowing that the Senate will surely water the measure down. It does little good to water down a bill in the House only to see it further weakened by the upper chamber. Hensarling, perhaps more so than any other Chairman in the House, understands how the game is played.
