Dan Meyer, the speaker’s chief of staff, has seen tense budget standoffs before. But the Republican Party has changed since then.
When McCarthy spoke, he thanked people who had played an instrumental role in his career. But the crowd of bigwigs — corporate executives, elite lobbyists and top Republicans such as Reps. Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan — gave only one standing ovation that night, according to two people in attendance: It was for Dan Meyer, McCarthy’s chief of staff.
Navigating these political land mines will fall to Meyer, who will face a Republican Party transformed since his time as Gingrich’s chief of staff and his more recent experience as Bush’s top legislative aide.Gone are almost all of the moderate Republicans whom Meyer leaned on to pass Bush’s controversial bank bailout in 2008 — replaced by an emboldened conservative faction itching for confrontation, and spurred on from the sidelines by former president Donald Trump.
“He’s got this way about him that causes members to sit back and respect him. So he’s not what I would call a typical chief of staff,” said John A. Boehner, the former GOP speaker who spoke almost every day to Meyer while Meyer worked for Gingrich. “It’d be more like a mentor, if you will.” After the 1996 election, Meyer left the Hill for the Duberstein Group, a prominent lobbying firm, where he stayed for 10 years. He returned to public service as one of Bush’s top congressional liaisons, playing a key role in securing passage of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, known as the bank bailouts, by working to persuade Republicans adamantly opposed to spending hundreds of billions of dollars that they should save Wall Street.
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Trump overwhelmingly wins CPAC's Republican primary straw poll with DeSantis coming in a distant secondTrump wins CPAC straw poll by a wide margin Saturday, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis coming in second choice for the GOP nomination for president in 2024
Read more »
Trump won’t commit to the Republican National Committee’s loyalty pledgeFormer President Donald Trump refused to commit to signing a pledge to support the GOP's ultimate presidential nominee, setting up a potential clash with the Republican National Committee.
Read more »
Trump wins CPAC straw poll as Republican 2024 frontrunner in a landslideTrump was the preferred candidate of 62% of attendees who voted in the right-wing confab’s annual poll. As he has in past years, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis came in second place with 20% percen…
Read more »
10 Republican State Senators Helped Quash Georgia's Buckhead BillTen Republican Georgia senators joined all Democrats this past week in dealing a legislative blow to the Buckhead City Committee, which has long been pushing for the wealthy Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta to deannex from the city.
Read more »
Ohio Republican Secretary of State 'actively' considering Senate run against Sherrod BrownOhio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican, said on Saturday that he is 'actively' considering running for Senate against Democrat Sherrod Brown in 2024.
Read more »
Texas GOP censures Rep. Tony Gonzales for 'lack of fidelity' to Republican PartyThe Texas Republican Party censured Rep. Tony Gonzales on Saturday for his 'lack of fidelity to Republican principles and priorities,' after the congressman defied the GOP on key issues including immigration, guns, and House rules.
Read more »