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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.

SuzieC wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 11:58 pm 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.

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

Gregg wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 11:30 pm 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.

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!

Danraft wrote: ↑Sat Jan 07, 2023 12:45 am Was it a full vote, or a half vote?( present vs No)?

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

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.

Volkonski wrote: ↑Sat Jan 07, 2023 4:43 am 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.

New Turtle wrote: ↑Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:25 am 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.