Albert R. Hunt, Columnist

Freedom Caucus in Spotlight as Shutdown Looms

It's Republican decision time: Will House hard-liners who "can't get to yes" become the public face of the party?

January 14, 2018 at 3:00 PM UTC

Albert R. Hunt is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was the executive editor of Bloomberg News, before which he was a reporter, bureau chief and executive Washington editor at the Wall Street Journal.

Bombs away.
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The House Freedom Caucus styles itself as the principled champion of limited government and the rule of law. More often, its members are partisan gunslingers, attack dogs during President Barack Obama's administration and lap dogs for President Donald Trump.

That's personified by the two leaders of this right-wing contingent of about three dozen House Republicans: Representatives Jim Jordan of Ohio and Mark Meadows of North Carolina.