Speaker Mike Johnson: Joe Biden, Kaos Agent

 Speaker Johnson Slams Biden On Border In First Floor Speech: "He's Inviting Chaos And Disorder"

Third continuing resolution since September passes Congress to fund federal government into March

WASHINGTON — Congress passed a bill on Thursday that would prevent a partial government shutdown this weekend and keep federal funds flowing through March 1 and March 8.

The Democratic-led Senate voted 77-18 on final passage after considering a few amendments. The Republican-led House soon followed suit, passing it by a vote of 314-108.

The bill now goes to President Joe Biden’s desk to become law before the funding expires Friday at midnight.

It is the third stopgap bill since last September as the divided Congress struggles to agree on full-year government funding bills. ...

The first stopgap bill led to the ouster of Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as speaker. His successor, Johnson, is seeking to avoid the same fate by selling the conservative victories in the latest deal.

More.

Calvinism and free-market libertarianism are pretty much the same old, same old fatalistic thing

 Speaker Johnson: Biden Presidency 'God's Will'...

The is-is-ought fallacy.

Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy has announced his intention to resign at the end of the year

 Story here.

Combined with the Santos expulsion last week, the House GOP majority now goes down to 220 effective Jan 1, just a seven seat advantage over the Democrats, which guarantees that the new, more conservative Speaker Johnson will have to continue to compromise with Democrats to pass spending bills:

The removal of Santos lowers the number of House Republicans to 221, with 213 Democrats. This makes it even more difficult for the majority to pass legislation without Democratic support.

McCarthy's revenge.

American left shocked, shocked I tell you, that new Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (LA-4) has traditional Christian beliefs shared by most American Christians going back to the founding

 Audio Unearthed of New House Speaker Calling Humans 'Inherently Evil'...

"One of the primary purposes of the law in civil government is to restrain evil… We have to acknowledge collectively that man is inherently evil and needs to be restrained."