Jason Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 24 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I guess it's time to take a little break from doing all that hard work of absolutely nothing at all. So...partial shutdown? Including the part of the government prosecuting their geotus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 15, 2023 Author Share Posted November 15, 2023 6 minutes ago, Jason said: So...partial shutdown? Including the part of the government prosecuting their geotus. If the just-approved CR expires in the new year without either a new CR or an actual budget, then that would happen though I don't know if that actually stops the cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 16, 2023 Author Share Posted November 16, 2023 ‘Same clown car with a different driver’: House GOP goes off the rails - POLITICO WWW.POLITICO.COM Mike Johnson may have avoided a shutdown, but the House GOP is still emotionally raw from its 22-day speakership fight. Quote Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.), who compared Republicans’ infighting to grade school bullying, said Johnson was doing his best with the party’s slim margins, but the party is still a mess. “It’s the same clown car with a different driver,” Armstrong said. And unless the GOP could figure out a way to regain control of the floor, he warned: “We essentially don’t have the majority.” Quote Many lawmakers blame those flaring tempers on being in Washington for an unprecedented 10 weeks in a row. Former Speaker John Boehner famously warned that members should never be in D.C. longer than three weeks. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) quipped with a laugh Wednesday: “I don’t think we would have gotten through week 11. I really don’t.” Yeah, that's totally hilarious, Tom. Totally hilarious. Quote The emotional, 22-day speakership battle has Republicans still feeling raw. One member, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), said his stress over the ordeal manifested in physical symptoms — headaches and an upset stomach that occasionally led him to vomiting. The anger culminated in a now-infamous clash between Bost and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) during a closed-door conference meeting, when Bost yelled at the instigator of McCarthy’s ouster to “sit down.” “It took a lot of prayer to get through it,” Bost said, noting his symptoms began to alleviate once they elected Johnson. (rubs temples) Quote Still, some members maintained a sense of humor, making jokes about an already infamous moment of their week: When Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) accused McCarthy of elbowing him in the halls, which the Californian denied. “Did he hit my kidneys? Was that my kidneys?” Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) quipped as Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) walked behind him, before pretending to dramatically stumble. “I almost fell over — you guys were witnesses! It was violence.” But on a serious note, Diaz-Balart said of the House GOP mood: “The tensions are really, really, really, really high.” These guys should be on late night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 These people have never had a real job have they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 16, 2023 Author Share Posted November 16, 2023 The Senate just passed the CR 87-11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air_Delivery Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 5 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: ‘Same clown car with a different driver’: House GOP goes off the rails - POLITICO WWW.POLITICO.COM Mike Johnson may have avoided a shutdown, but the House GOP is still emotionally raw from its 22-day speakership fight. Yeah, that's totally hilarious, Tom. Totally hilarious. (rubs temples) These guys should be on late night. I feel like the silent generation/very early baby boomers was the last generation of fully formed emotional adults. Everyone after that are gray haired children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5timechamp Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 so has he accomplished something that McCarthy himself couldn't have done if MAGAt gaetz hadnt started a vote of no confidence against chancellor valorum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 17, 2023 Author Share Posted November 17, 2023 1 minute ago, 5timechamp said: so has he accomplished something that McCarthy himself couldn't have done if MAGAt gaetz hadnt started a vote of no confidence against chancellor valorum? Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted December 6, 2023 Author Share Posted December 6, 2023 And he's outta here! Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy to resign from Congress at year end WWW.CNBC.COM "I know my work is only getting started," McCarthy, R-Calif., said in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. Quote Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday he will resign from Congress at the end of the year. McCarthy, the California Republican who was ousted as speaker by a faction of his own party two months earlier, said he is leaving “to serve America in new ways.” “I know my work is only getting started,” McCarthy said in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. The announcement, which was expected, came the week before the House is scheduled to depart Capitol Hill for the rest of the year. 2 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwheel86 Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 So the GOP majority is down to... 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted December 6, 2023 Author Share Posted December 6, 2023 6 minutes ago, Jwheel86 said: So the GOP majority is down to... 2? There would be two vacancies once Kevin departs so that sounds about right to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 WE DID IT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69los Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 ctrl+F "seppuku" *sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Jwheel86 said: So the GOP majority is down to... 2? 1 hour ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: There would be two vacancies once Kevin departs so that sounds about right to me! 220-213 R-D with 2 vanacies is a majority of 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted December 6, 2023 Author Share Posted December 6, 2023 8 minutes ago, Jason said: 220-213 R-D with 2 vanacies is a majority of 2? I think that the math that would define it as a majority of 2 is based on the notion that there are currently 433 reps in total, so 433/2 = 216.5 Or something like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 7 hours ago, Ricofoley said: These types of covers are always hilarious. There was a similar one in Canada a few years back that said something like "The New Resistance" and had 5-6 prominent white male conservative politicians who were going to "resist" Trudeau's federal government. But now, 5 years later, most of them are all gone from office after losing or being kicked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 1 hour ago, CitizenVectron said: These types of covers are always hilarious. There was a similar one in Canada a few years back that said something like "The New Resistance" and had 5-6 prominent white male conservative politicians who were going to "resist" Trudeau's federal government. But now, 5 years later, most of them are all gone from office after losing or being kicked out. The "This is the way" for GenXers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 I wouldn't have guessed that McCarthy is younger than Cantor. Also Ryan is clearly the smartest of the lot; he rigged the game, secured the bag, and got the fuck out of dodge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 It's so funny how McCarthy spent years trying to become speaker, including selling his soul to Trump after Trump sold him out over the phone during the Jan. 6 insurrection, and then we booted in less than a year. Well-deserved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Far Right Balks as Congress Begins Push to Enact Spending Deal - The New York Times WWW.NYTIMES.COM With little time to spare before a shutdown deadline, Speaker Mike Johnson will have to navigate the same political currents that did in his predecessor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 Here we go again! Per Jake Sherman: Quote One week until the government partially shuts down - House will be gone by 10:45 this morning. - Senate left yesterday - Not a single bill conferenced - Speaker Johnson hasn't publicly said whether he's for a CR - As of yesterday, Johnson had members in his office urging him to walk away from a four-day old spending agreement. Remember how appropriations was going to work again? This is as bad as it's been. If not worse. Two deadlines in two months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 It appears that Johnson has enough support from the non-Freedumb Caucus GOP reps that he'll stick to the top-line spending deal with Schumer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 15 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: It appears that Johnson has enough support from the non-Freedumb Caucus GOP reps that he'll stick to the top-line spending deal with Schumer. And then we get a new speaker vote? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 3 minutes ago, Jason said: And then we get a new speaker vote? What I meant was that he has enough support from those GOP reps to overcome a motion to vacate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chadatog Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 4 minutes ago, Jason said: And then we get a new speaker vote? I believe Chip Roy is playing the part of Matt Gaetz this time around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreePi Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 1 hour ago, Chadatog said: I believe Chip Roy is playing the part of Matt Gaetz this time around. You mean he's giving money and drugs to minors for sex? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 3 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: It appears that Johnson has enough support from the non-Freedumb Caucus GOP reps that he'll stick to the top-line spending deal with Schumer. Is that the one with the Child Tax credit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 28 minutes ago, marioandsonic said: Is that the one with the Child Tax credit? Presumably if it gets finalized in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Two month stopgap. House, Senate pass short-term bill averting government shutdown until March https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/18/government-shutdown-bill-senate-house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUFKAK Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Greatest nation on earth baby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 House Won’t Pass Stopgap to Avoid Shutdown, Key Republican Says WWW.BLOOMBERG.COM The US House will not pass another temporary spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown when the latest deadline expires on March 1, the chamber’s No. 3... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Are republicans trying to lose the next election on purpose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 15 minutes ago, chakoo said: Are republicans trying to lose the next election on purpose? They're stuck pandering to their crazy base that votes in the primaries, plus a lot of those crazy true believers are now in Congress themselves. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.