Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has asked his party members to potentially learn from their Democrat opponents about how to push forward bills.
Hawley’s comments came after the Democrats succeeded in getting the Inflation Reduction Act passed in a 50–50 vote, with Vice President Kamala Harris providing the tie-breaker. “I’ll give the Dems this. With a 50/50 Senate & a historically unpopular president, they passed major (terrible) legislation. Lots of it. They came to do something. There’s a lesson there for the GOP. If they get back Congress, they better be willing to fight,” Hawley said in an Aug. 8 tweet.
Though Hawley voted against the Inflation Reduction Act, he was one of the seven Republicans who voted with the 50 Democrats to maintain a monthly cap of $35 on the price of insulin. However, the insulin provision was eventually discarded as it fell three votes short of the 60 needed to get it passed….