I'm actually pretty shocked that Congress is so dysfunctional right now. Usually when there is imperialism to be done they can't move fast enough to deliver another 50 billion dollars to the latest war criminal we're aligned with and save all the gridlock bullshit for when the proles get uppity and ask for something.
It just demonstrates that intra-party conflicts of the Republican party. The elites are clamoring to get war funding passed. But the populists are all about America First. And while the populists are a minority, it's clear they have considerable political power despite their clear inability to govern.
I was surprised by this as well, I was sure that funding the wars would be the overriding priority that would result in bipartisan action. An yet, it's still an utter clusterfuck.
He'll step down, next guy will come in and start passing legislation. It'll be another fight over legitimacy, but they'll pass some bill about funding Israel, the Senate will take that one up, Biden will sign it, then we'll effectively never need a speaker again. Israel gets its money, and the government will still shut down on November 15.
Fuck this stupid government, seriously.
I used to be a naive liberal that disliked "gridlock" in the US government.
Considering how many fucked up and horrid things tend to get rubber-stamped by the US government, gridlock is now a welcome thing. Bring on the clown car traffic jam.
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It would be fun if the US had a vote of no confidence mechanism in situations like this. Speaker chaos = new election!
It's whild that McCarthy himself is the one pushing to expand pro tem powers. What the fuck is he thinking? Also- On one hand, McHenry is acting very honorably and I respect that. On the other, his last quote about wanting to elect Jordan really rustles my jimmies. Scalise would have been a better option and I fucking hate that guy
McHenry was his pick for the temp speaker. Of course he's going to support him.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
WASHINGTON — In a closed-door meeting Thursday, Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., told GOP colleagues he might resign as speaker pro tempore if Republicans push him to try to move legislation on the floor without an explicit vote to expand his powers, according to multiple lawmakers in the room.
It's a different idea from the formal resolution proposed by Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, which would require a floor vote to empower McHenry to move legislation like spending bills and aid packages for Ukraine and Israel.
A second GOP lawmaker said that McHenry made the remarks “tongue in cheek” but that the message was clear: He questioned the constitutionality of such an option and said he did not want the greater authority unless Republicans agreed to grant it to him through a formal vote.
In individual conversations with members, McHenry also has threatened to resign as speaker pro tem if such a resolution were passed on the floor, the GOP lawmaker said.
It was not my intention when I put a name down that they couldn’t do anything,” McCarthy told reporters after Thursday's meeting, during which lawmakers debated whether to vote on Joyce’s resolution.
McCarthy was referring to the fact that since 2003, in the wake of the 9/11 attack, House rules have required the speaker to submit a list of names to the clerk of members to act in case of a vacancy in the position and to ensure continuity of government.
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