The House Freedom Caucus faces a new, unfamiliar reality in 2027: questionable relevance.
That’s partly because the ultra-conservative group scored an unmistakable triumph this week, when its co-founder and first chairman, Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan was elected Tuesday to serve as next Republican leader in the House .
It’s also because the group has traditionally exercised its power by acting as a resistant bloc within a slim Republican majority. The GOP is now on track to have the smallest minority in the House that any party has seen in more than 30 years.
“That’s completely different from being the most powerful faction within a legislative body that has legislative authority through majority control,” the representative said. Higgins Clay of Louisiana, a member of the caucus. “Well, that’s off the table now.”
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