Reason.com writer Eric Boehm recently wrote that Ohio Representative and House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan is the perfect speaker for the GOP Congress because he has no interest in policy. Instead, Chairman Jordan is concerned with throwing red meat to cable news networks and the MAGA right by attacking President Joe Biden and defending former President Donald Trump.
It is true that since assuming the Judiciary Chairmanship, Jordan has focused on investigations and oversight of both the Biden Administration and the Biden family, and not on advancing legislation. However, Chairman Jordan’s focus on oversight does not necessarily suggest a lack of interest in policy. Rather, it is likely a strategic calculation given the House’s narrow Republican majority, the Democratic control of the Senate and the White House, and the best use of his chairmanship. He is exposing the malfeasance and mistakes of the Biden Administration in order to help “shape the debate” in 2024.
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