By Alan Gomez and Fredreka Schouten, USA TODAY
“They might not have a lot of bills or a lot of victories, but they have one big one and that was the major issue for a lot of them coming in,” said Julian Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. “House Speaker John Boehner had his feet to the fire because of them. That’s a sea change from where politics was just six months ago.”
A review of bills shows Republican freshmen have hit themes they sounded on the campaign trail: At least 10 bills chip away at Obama’s health care law, and several legislators have tried to peel back pieces of the Wall Street financial regulations passed last year. Others want to clamp down on environmental protection legislation they say hurt industry and cost jobs. Other bills would trim federally backed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and transfer money from foreign aid programs to domestic ones.
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