On Fox News Sunday:

“Remember what this is, this isn’t a party platform,” McCarthy says. “This is specific legislation that could be taken up right now before we depart that will shrink government, take away the uncertainty. The number one reason out there why jobs are not being created, uncertainty. They don’t know what is going to happen with the taxes. They don’t know what is going to happen from regulation. This could rein it all in.”

Pressed on earmarks, Boehner tells Chris Wallace that if Republicans take control of the House, it will “not be business as usual” in Washington.