MacArthur resigns as co-chairman of 'clearly divided' Tuesday Group
Source: Politico
By KATIE JENNINGS 05/23/2017 12:39 PM EDT
Rep. Tom MacArthur resigned Tuesday as co-chairman of the caucus of GOP moderates known as the Tuesday Group in the wake of deep divisions among its members over the House Obamacare replacement bill he helped craft.
"You cant lead people where they dont want to go," MacArthur said in an interview with POLITICO New Jersey Tuesday morning. "I think some people in the group just have a different view of what governing is."
MacArthur announced his resignation as co-chairman moments ago during the group's regular Tuesday meeting in Washington. He said he alerted House Speaker Paul Ryan on Monday. Clearly, our group is divided. Many in the Tuesday Group are eager to live up to our ideal of being problem-solvers, while others seem unwilling to compromise, MacArthur, 56, told the group, according to prepared remarks obtained by POLITICO New Jersey.
MacArthur, a multimillionaire former insurance executive who represents the 3rd Congressional District in South Jersey, a swing district, alienated some of his centrist colleagues by brokering the deal on health care reform with the hard-line conservative Freedom Caucus, a move that helped secure the bills passage earlier this month.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2017/05/23/macarthur-resigns-as-co-chair-of-tuesday-group-112255
american_ideals
(613 posts)Bengus81
(6,939 posts)Or is he afraid his Rep job will be going bye-bye in 2018? Get popcorn and stay tuned.
hibbing
(10,114 posts)They are probably all excited about the budget proposal which aims all of its cuts to middle and lower income people.
Peace
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)by indulging the nutjobs in the House Freedom Caucus.
Democrats need to field a quality challenger in that district.
BiminiTwisted
(102 posts)herding cats
(19,569 posts)Good. This is what we want to see, now we need to capitalize on it.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)sandensea
(21,720 posts)and they'll never have that recipe again.