Rick Scott outlines consensus for 'dramatic change' to Senate operation in post-McConnell era

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., summarized respective points of "widespread consensus" wrong the Republican Senate league to alteration however the Senate GOP functions successful the post-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., era. 

"I judge that present is the clip for melodramatic alteration successful the Senate and successful Washington," Scott wrote successful a "Dear Colleague" missive to his chap Republican senators connected Tuesday. 

Scott ran to win McConnell arsenic leader, competing against Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. Scott was knocked retired of the concealed ballot predetermination aft the archetypal vote, during which helium received the enactment of 13 of his colleagues.

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Scott outlined fashionable reforms to the Republican league successful the post-McConnell era. (Reuters)

Thune yet defeated Cornyn connected the 2nd ballot, 29-24.

Scott reiterated to GOP senators that "President Trump won with a mandate, and it is present incumbent connected america arsenic Republican senators to respond to the wide wishes of the American radical and instrumentality his docket and corroborate his nominees."

He past listed respective items that helium said had important enactment wrong the league going into the caller Congress. 

First, Scott urged transparency among the Republican conference. "[S]top the surprises and make a program to execute our legislative goals that we tin enactment connected and docket around," helium said. 

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Trump won each battleground states successful the 2024 election. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Florida Republican besides noted that determination was "broad agreement" connected the necessity of returning the Senate to "regular order," during which authorities goes done the committee process alternatively than being brought instantly to the floor.

"The tendency to empower Committee Chairs and person the enactment of our committees bespeak the tendency of the Conference."

He besides stressed the value of and the popularity wrong the league of "ending the rhythm of omnibus spending deals and Continuing Resolutions and getting backmost to passing appropriations bills connected clip and done regular order."

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The caller Senate GOP person was chosen successful aboriginal November. (Reuters)

The missive comes arsenic Congress appears poised to pass different stopgap spending bill up of Christmas if idiosyncratic appropriations bills are not approved. 

Scott additionally said the league has expressed important involvement successful improving "coordination with the House." This volition apt beryllium made easier for Republicans successful 2025, fixed that they volition power some chambers. 

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Fischer has served 2 presumption arsenic senator. (Reuters)

Lastly, the Florida legislator said Republicans mostly privation "to marque definite that the [National Republican Senatorial Committee] NRSC and others absorption connected helping incumbents triumph their races and combat aggressively to enactment them passim the cycle." 

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Notably, Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., astir mislaid her traditionally harmless Republican Senate spot to a acheronian equine autarkic campaigner that targeted her arsenic a vocation politician. 

"I look guardant to moving with each of you to execute our goals," Scott concluded successful the missive to colleagues.