If one is a MAGA Republican one can, apparently, never have enough power or control. At least it's easy to arrive at that conclusion. Elise Stefanik, Chairwoman of the - wait for it - (apparently their instinct for exclusion demands that they have their own conference) House Republican Conference for the 118th Congress oversaw the formulation, and we assume the publication, of operating rules, not for the House as a whole, but rather for the Republican conference.
These rules are all available here. At least at first reading, they seem completely MAGA. For instance, rules 8 and 9 emphasize, not openness, but secrecy. (Italicization and emphasis in the following are Bodhi's.)
Rule 8—Conference Meetings: Secret Ballot
On demand of one Member, with the support of five others, the vote on any matter properly pending before the Conference shall be taken by secret ballot.
Rule 9—Conference Meetings: Admittance
(a) The Chair may decide whether meetings of the Conference shall be open or closed to the public, subject to an appeal by any Member.
(b) The Chair may designate Leadership staff or other eligible persons to attend Conference meetings which are closed to the public. Those individuals shall be excused at the discretion of the Chair.
(c) Upon timely notice from the Chair, an executive session of the Conference may be called. This meeting shall be closed to all persons except Members of the Conference.
It appears that paranoia strikes deep among Republicans in the House.
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