💣 The Disastrous 118th Congress - MAGA Mike Johnson Saved by Shadow Speaker Hakeem Jeffries

[bob]

Biggs, Boebert, Crane, Gaetz, and Good so far have voted "present." No one (so far) has voted for anyone other than McCarthy or Jeffries.

Whether they'll last-minute switcheroo (again) remains to be seen.

[Luke]

GAETZ still votes PRESENT but...

Greg Price @greg_price11 2m
BREAKING: Rep. Eli Crane just flipped from no on McCarthy to present.
That will do it.
Kevin McCarthy will be the 53rd Speaker of the House on the 15th ballot.

(as long as nobody else acts out)


Well, that was fun. But #BiscuitForSpeaker was cheated!!!!!!

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[SuzieC]

Rep. Rogers is wearing an obvious wig. Too bad he didn't get close enough to punch Gaetz in the face. GOP needed to put up a stronger and younger face puncher. Rep. Gallagher is young and good looking, though despicable.

Looks like the ultraMAGA holdouts are going to vote present. That will allow Kevin to win while they will be able to say they never voted for him. What a copout, but their drooling MAGA base will eat it up.

Ahem....I called it.

[Luke]

Rich Baris' lovely wife retweeted this tweet from failed Florida Congressional Candidate Sabatini (truly one of the most repulsive humans on the planet):

Laura Baris Retweeted Anthony Sabatini @AnthonySabatini 16m
RINO Mike Rodgers should eat shit

[Danraft]

Biggs votes present. That lowers it to 216 (Boebert just voted present)

[bob]

[Frater I*I]

The "Knutsax Four" have proved beyond doubt that being a Congressperson is not what they consider their day job. It's merely a plot device in their performance art reality TV show.

Well, that, and the paycheck..

[SuzieC]

Actually it looks like Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee persuaded Matt Gaetz.

[Volkonski]

McCarthy elected with 216 votes.

[Luke]

OrlyLicious @Orly_licious

#KevinMcCarthy didn't even get the majority of the House, he just won because PRESENT votes took the threshold down. 15 ballots of humiliation, selling out & God knows what deals to screw the American people. #SpeakerVote #Democrats2024

#BiscuitForSpeaker demands a recount!

[raison de arizona]

And it only took 15 rounds of votes. This bodes well for this Congress

[Danraft]

Was it a full vote, or a half vote?( present vs No)?

[Danraft]

Now
We watch committee assignments

[raison de arizona]

Was it a full vote, or a half vote?( present vs No)?

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[New Turtle]

Rules package vote still could get interesting. If Kevin can't get it passed and tries to change it, motion to vacate the speaker.

[Luke]

Oh yeah, they can't wait for the Vacate the Chair vote.

OrlyLicious @Orly_licious 1m
On this morning of MAGA Republican celebration, here's a big, big vote of confidence for #KevinMccarthy from face-of-the-GOP Laura Loomer. #SpeakerVote #SpeakerVotes #SpeakerMcCarthy #InsurrectionConference #LauraLoomer #GOPHouse #Democrats2024 #DemocratsDeliveredIn22

[Volkonski]

McCarthy says first bill before House will repeal funding for hiring additional IRS agents

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/ ... index.html

The first bill considered by the new House of Representatives will address a Biden administration initiative to hire additional IRS agents over a 10-year period, Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Saturday morning.

"I know the night is late, but when we come back our very first bill will repeal the funding for 87,000 new IRS agents," he said amid applause from the Republican caucus. "You see, we believe government should be to help you, not go after you."
Some background: The Republican National Committee and several Republican lawmakers have criticized new IRS funding, claiming that it will provide the agency with an “army of 87,000 new IRS agents.”

But that number is misleading. The Treasury Department estimated in 2021 that a nearly $80 billion investment in the IRS could allow the agency to hire 86,852 full-time employees over the course of a decade. But that figure accounts for all workers, not solely enforcement agents.

Scratch a Republican, find a tax cheater.

[Ben-Prime]

McCarthy says first bill before House will repeal funding for hiring additional IRS agents

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/ ... index.html

The first bill considered by the new House of Representatives will address a Biden administration initiative to hire additional IRS agents over a 10-year period, Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Saturday morning.

"I know the night is late, but when we come back our very first bill will repeal the funding for 87,000 new IRS agents," he said amid applause from the Republican caucus. "You see, we believe government should be to help you, not go after you."
Some background: The Republican National Committee and several Republican lawmakers have criticized new IRS funding, claiming that it will provide the agency with an “army of 87,000 new IRS agents.”

But that number is misleading. The Treasury Department estimated in 2021 that a nearly $80 billion investment in the IRS could allow the agency to hire 86,852 full-time employees over the course of a decade. But that figure accounts for all workers, not solely enforcement agents.

Scratch a Republican, find a tax cheater.

So, first bill is theater since it will never get past the Senate, and certainly not in a veto-proof form.

[Lani]

Like Tea Party 2010...

[New Turtle]

[New Turtle]

I have a feeling next week will be much like this week in the chamber. Kevin wanted the job title, that's all that matters to him.

[Foggy]

I lost on the poll. Like always.

But this coming week is going to be entertaining.

Katie Porter is my heroine.

[pipistrelle]

I have a feeling next week will be much like this week in the chamber. Kevin wanted the job title, that's all that matters to him.

Off Topic

Gonzalez doesn't seem to know how Congress works, though.

[pipistrelle]

Can Laura Loomer just be done? Her ego knows no bounds.

[Foggy]

I think Gaetz is as damaged as McCarthy. The Flaming A-hole from Florida. I can't be the only one who, if I got on an airplane and they tried to seat me next to him, I would decline and suggest the flight attendants find a high school girl for that seat. "No, this dude really likes underage girls, didn't you know that? He's famous for it!" in a very loud voice.

"But you better watch him, he's an animal."