House Majority Leader Hints at Priorities for September

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), the new House Majority Leader, sent a memo last week to House Republicans indicating his legislative priorities for the short working period in September.  McCarthy cited three priorities:

• Jobs and economic growth;
• Lowering costs on gas and groceries; and,
• Healthcare. 

The Majority Leader intends to send the Senate a single package of previously considered jobs bills; a consolidated energy package that will “open federal lands, support the Keystone XL pipeline, and prevent environmental regulations that are killing American-made energy; and a bill that would allow those who purchase health care on the group market to keep their existing plans.  The House and Senate are currently in recess and will reconvene after Labor Day before recessing again at the end of September for the November elections.