A band of House conservatives Friday voted down a GOP bill to avoid a government shutdown. The vote marked a significant — and embarrassing — defeat for Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …
I’m 100% positive that even if it included billions for a wall, being able to shoot migrants, and free teens for Geatz to rape it still would have been voted down. They want this shutdown.
They want this shutdown.
Those 20, and likely a few more, really do. It’s insanity.
I think the fact the Trump is pretty close to the biblical definition of the antichrist is very attractive to a certain percentage of these ding-dongs. They feel they’re doing God’s work bringing about the end of days.
That’s what I mean, 20% of Americans see that and say “Hallelujah! He’s comin’ round the mountain!!”
They think if the world ends that means Jesus will show up.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) confirmed to CNN that the House will try to pass a stopgap spending bill that will require Democratic votes.
When asked if he is concerned that a member, like Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), could move to oust him over this bill, McCarthy replied: “If I have to risk my job for standing up for American public, I will do that.”
It’s supposed to be a clean CR.
Thing is it will probably take 45 days if McCarthy is discharged to sort out the speaker’s chair,
I’m still lost as to why they need to be figuring out funding for the government till the last minute at all?
It’s like if you bought something with a credit card and are now deciding to just not pay the bill. There was a separate budget process, and that’s when they should have said that they didn’t want to pay for the things they bought.
But really the whole thing is an excuse to hold the country hostage every few months whenever republicans control the house and not the presidency. It’s win-win for them because either they get what they want from the hostage negotiation, or they hurt the hostage (us) and blame it on the president.
It creates chaos and forces concessions that look like compromise. Give up nothing and always take at least something. It’s a long game and it’s been going on for a long time and their isn’t much left to give.
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Congress need to be held accountable when they fail to do their jobs.
Can’t do the literal very core of your job and pass a budget? Whole house gets flushed. Every incumbent barred from holding office for one full term.
You do realize that actually insensitivizes log jamming right?
The oppo just has to stop the budget from passing and there goes the entire winning majority’s incumbents.
MTG would be frothing at the mouth dreaming of being able to cause so much headache.
They said “whole house” that means the people on both sides lose their job.
And? Do you really think those lunatics will run out of zealots they can throw at killing every budget they can until there’s no opposition left?
Do you really expect them to intentionally lose their job to piss off the opposition? We’re talking about people who cling to power until they die in office.
Why not just stop paying them anything in case of shutdown? I mean, aren’t they part of government?
i’ve heard that they’re paid during a shutdown to stop wealthy politicians who don’t need the income from forcing politicians who use their income to live to bend over for them
They don’t want to govern. You don’t negotiate or compromise with a party whose core premise is government shouldn’t have any power or function beyond persecuting specific people. The GOP is not a serious political party.
These self-lauded masturbatory “patriots” are going to further tank the US credit rating and thereby the US dollar playing right into the hands of China and Russia pushing alternative global currency exchange options.
When all those dollars sold and otherwise happy to stay tied up in overseas transactions come home to roost, inflation will effect everyone of their billionaire donors, and everyone else, more than any economic policies they’re getting funding to push domestically. It’s stupid, short sighted and treasonous to leave the federal government unfunded.
There’s no excuse. They need to do their damn jobs. Since they refuse, they all need to be voted out.
I bet McCarthy is sure glad that he sold his soul for the Speaker position…
Elon: something something balance is good.
