Nancy Mace Says Pelosi Was a More Effective House Speaker Than Any Republican This Century'

"but she had learned that the system in the House promotes control by party leaders over accountability and achievement. No one can be held responsible for inaction, so far too little gets done, Mace lamented. The obstacles to achieving almost anything are enough to make any member who came to Washington with noble intentions ask: Why am I even here?"

"The problems, Mace wrote, have been going on for decades, with [a] small number of lawmakers [who] negotiate major legislation behind closed doors and spring it on members with little notice or opportunity for input, massive bills numbering thousands of pages with the provisions lawmakers wanted stripped out and unrelated policies stuffed in, amendments heavily limited, and [l]eaders of both partiessystematically silenc[ing] rank-and-file voices."

Rep. Nancy Mace praised Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi as more effective than any Republican House leader this century despite deep policy disagreements. Mace criticized House procedures that concentrate power with party leaders, limit amendments, and enable large closed-door deals that burden members with massive, unrelated bills and little opportunity for input. Mace described a system that prevents accountability and makes bipartisan passage nearly impossible because of procedural thresholds like the 218-vote discharge petition. Both Mace and Pelosi are leaving Congress; Mace is entering a crowded Republican primary for South Carolina governor while Pelosi will not seek re-election.

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