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

[Kendra]

[Kendra]

The children are saying that McCarthy has violated the verbal deals they made with him when they voted for him for Speaker, and will now refuse to vote for anything until he puts them in writing.

[Dr. Ken]

I have a feeling mccarthy won't be speaker long. If so the moderates that may be left in the republican party should make a deal with Jeffries.

[Jim]

I have a feeling mccarthy won't be speaker long. If so the moderates that may be left in the republican party should make a deal with Jeffries.

McCarthy should be making deals with Jeffries and the Dems to hold onto the speaker's gavel he dropped his drawers and bent over for..."Please Freedom Caucus, can I have another?"

Although, another speaker battle with no clear favorite on the pub side would lead to another 100-ballot election...and days of entertainment.

So, who do you think the pubs in the House will finally settle on as their new speaker?

(Please, please, nominate Trump. LOL)

[Kendra]

“One-eye”?

Absolute babbling paste-eating quackery.

Luna: The FBI has moles within the FBI that are actively leaking information to the Biden family. It was brought to our attention that there was a mole within the FBI by the name of one eye

[Dave from down under]

Stewie Rhodes????

[Kendra]

[Kendra]

Rep. Grothman compares US presidential elections in Democratic states to North Korea and China

[Gregg]

The Klown Kaukus is stopping things from passing that if they did pass would die waiting for the Senate to round file them anyway.

It's all about the clicks.

[RTH10260]

as it happens ...

Republican hardliners’ revolt against Kevin McCarthy shuts down US House of Representatives
Ultra-conservatives from speaker’s own party are unhappy about debt ceiling deal and say he hasn’t delivered on promises made to secure the chair

Staff and agencies
Thu 8 Jun 2023 05.37 BST

The US House of Representatives has been forced to postpone all votes until next week – paralyzed by a revolt against its Republican speaker, Kevin McCarthy, by ultra-conservative members of his own party.

The standoff between McCarthy and a hardline faction of his own Republican majority has forced the chamber into a holding pattern that looks likely to persist until at least Monday.

Members of the House Freedom Caucus have been upset over the bipartisan debt ceiling bill that McCarthy recently brokered with the Democratic president, Joe Biden, as well as claims that some hardliners had been threatened over their opposition to the deal.

“You’ve got a small group of people who are pissed off that are keeping the House of Representatives from functioning,” said Republican representative Steve Womack.

“This is insane. This is not the way a governing majority is expected to behave, and frankly, I think there will be a political cost to it.”

The hardliners were among the 71 Republicans who opposed debt ceiling legislation that passed the House last week. They say McCarthy did not cut spending deeply enough and retaliated against at least one of their members. McCarthy and other House Republican leaders dismissed the retaliation claims.

They also accuse McCarthy of violating the terms of an agreement that allowed him to secure the speaker’s gavel in January, though it was not clear which aspects they believe were not honored.

House action came to a sudden halt midday on Tuesday when the band of conservatives refused to support a routine procedural vote to set the rules schedule for the day’s debate. It was the first time in some 20 years a routine rules vote was defeated.




https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... sentatives

[northland10]

My church has a bunch of toddlers. When they don't get their way, they're far more mature about it.

[Dr. Ken]

I'm here for this. This is glorious. McCarthy wanted the speakership for a long time and sold his soul for it. Now it's crumbling all around him. What a bunch of clowns.

[Greatgrey]

So Kevin shut down voting, an BoBo ain’t happy about it. Now members of her own party are “they”.

Not like she would be there to vote anyway.

[Slim Cognito]

I saw this morning that Comer has decided against holding Wray in contempt.*Whatever it is that Bobo throws when she’s pissed, they better hide it.

I was kind of hoping they would vote to hold Wray in contempt because the DOJ would ignore it, giving the whackjobs something else to moan about instead of doing their jobs. Because, as much as I am annoyed by their ranting and raving, actually, passing hateful legislation is far worse.

[Kendra]

Rep. Biggs calls for Biden not only to be impeached but to be indicted, and also adds that he might be guilty of treason

[Kendra]

Asked on CNN about the transcript showing Trump knowingly mishandled classified documents, Nancy Mace says it's the first she's hearing about it and immediately pivots to Biden whataboutism

[Kendra]

#BREAKING:
@Jim_Jordan
reveals new information on Trump raid and events surrounding indictment.

Link: https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-s ... re-mal.pdf

[bob]

https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-s ... re-mal.pdf

Just Monday-morning quarterbacking about the initial search.

The DOJ will Shirley respond, "Ongoing criminal investigation. FOAD. HAND." (But more politely.)

[Kendra]

McCarthy: This is going to disrupt this nation because it goes to the core of equal justice for all which is not being seen today and we are not going to stand for it.

[Resume18]

McCarthy: This is going to disrupt this nation because it goes to the core of equal justice for all which is not being seen today and we are not going to stand for it.

Don't worry KMac, eventually, they'll get to you, all things being equal.

[Volkonski]

'Livid' US House conservatives poised for next battle with McCarthy

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/livid- ... 023-06-12/

The U.S. House of Representatives will reconvene in an atmosphere of political uncertainty on Monday, as Republican hardline conservatives clash with Speaker Kevin McCarthy and spoil for a new fight over federal government spending.

Lawmakers are due to return to Washington for the first time since 11 Republicans, including members of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus, paralyzed the chamber floor for days last week, in protest over a bipartisan debt ceiling bill that passed the House on May 31 without some of the government spending cuts they had demanded.

"What you saw last week was out of total frustration among all of us. And we're actually more livid now," Representative Ralph Norman, a leading conservative, told Reuters.

It was not clear whether the hardline Republicans would continue to use parliamentary procedures to stymie legislation, as they press for an as-yet undefined gesture from McCarthy to assuage their concerns.

The House is scheduled this week to consider Republican messaging bills that were delayed by the standoff. The bills would bar new federal regulation of gas stoves and make other regulations subject to congressional approval.

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

Boehner is still happy driving his riding lawnmower.

[raison de arizona]

Biden was last a Senator fifteen years ago bub.

Has anyone ever asked the current president why would he have a classified document outside of the SCIF from his Senate days? Has he ever been confronted with that question?

[Kendra]

Luna says if DOJ doesn’t hold FBI Director Wray accountable for whatever latest thing he did to upset House Republicans, they are going to seek to eliminate the position of FBI Director.

[AndyinPA]