- Former GOP Rep. Ken Buck continues to criticize what he says is the dysfunction of the Home.
- He lately informed WaPo he acquired “extra good work achieved” when Democrats led the decrease chamber.
- Buck, who compiled a principally conservative voting report, retired from Congress final month.
It hasn’t even been a month since former Colorado GOP Rep. Ken Buck departed Congress. However the hits carry on coming.
Amid a slew of latest criticism of the Republican-controlled Home — together with his rivalry that the establishment “retains going downhill” — the conservative lately made a outstanding declare relating to his personal effectiveness whereas he served within the chamber.
Whereas most members are thrilled after they’re a part of the bulk get together in Congress, Buck informed The Washington Put up that he “acquired much more good work achieved” when Democrats ran the Home.
Buck pointed to the passage of the bipartisan Converse Out Act, which bars pre-dispute nondisclosure agreements in instances involving allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault claims. And he additionally spoke of his work tackling antitrust points in Massive Tech.
The previous congressman informed the newspaper that it was “ironic” that he felt extra productive than when his personal get together led the chamber.
Buck was first elected to the Home in 2014 to characterize Colorado’s deep crimson 4th congressional district, and he entered the chamber when Republicans had been additionally within the majority. However in contrast to the Home of the mid-2010s, Republicans initially of the 118th Congress had certainly one of their slimmest Home majorities in years.
The tight majority made life inconceivable for former Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California and has made issues powerful for present Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana. McCarthy needed to navigate an ascendant ultra-conservative wing that wielded affect within the Home Republican convention. And Johnson is now coping with the identical inside dynamics in a chamber that the GOP controls by a razor-thin 218-213 margin.
