Second continuing spending resolution goes down in flames, after Elon Musk and Donald Trump said Nay to the first one, which never even came to a vote. Speaker Johnson and the Democrats had worked on that compromise deal for three months.
The roll call vote is here.
CNBC story here.
Extremely amusing.
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| The Republicans Who Said Nay |
"But I've told President Trump, enough already, give me some relief. I
have to maintain this majority. And he understands that, of course,
we've been talking about it almost hourly every day," he said, adding
that the Republicans "will have a majority." ...
According to the Washington Post, North Carolina Representative Virginia Foxx and Florida Representative Byron Donalds are potential candidates for secretary of Education. Foxx won her district by 19 points, and Donalds won his by 33 points.
Meanwhile, Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie has hinted that he is open to becoming the secretary of Agriculture.
More.
House Speaker Mike Johnson revealed at a news conference Wednesday evening that Gaetz had submitted his resignation from Congress. The resignation will not take effect until it is announced on the House floor. ...
Gaetz has been the subject of a House Ethics Committee investigation into whether he engaged in sexual misconduct or illicit drug use. ...
Punchbowl News reported Wednesday that his resignation came just two days before the panel was set to vote on releasing a report on its probe. ...
Asked by a HuffPost reporter whether Gaetz has the character to be attorney general, Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, replied, “Are you s------- me?”
-- CNBC, here
This is some crazy shit.
House GOP torpedoes Speaker Johnson’s funding bill :
A diverse group of House Republicans torpedoed Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) proposal to fund the government on Wednesday, dealing an embarrassing blow to the GOP leader and derailing his strategy to avoid a shutdown at the end of the month.
Fourteen Republicans joined virtually every Democrat in voting
against the spending plan — which paired a six-month stopgap bill with a
measure that would require proof of citizenship to vote — bringing the
final tally to 202-220, with two voting present. Three Democrats crossed
the aisle to back the measure. [Davis of North Carolina, Golden of Maine, and Perez of Washington State]
The Speaker faced a troika of GOP opposition, with hard-line conservatives criticizing the use of a continuing resolution; defense hawks voicing concern about the impact the long-term funding bill would have at the Pentagon; and moderates expressing worries about having a shutdown threat so close to the election.
The roll call vote is here. 5 Republicans didn't bother to vote, mostly liberals from New York. Libertarian fool Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Gazpacho Greene voted present. The 14 Nay Republicans included cranks Biggs, Boebert, and Burchett, as well as grandstander Matt Gaetz and Nancy Look At My Big Tits Mace.
Don't blame Donald Trump or Speaker Johnson, or the 199 Republicans who supported them.
The Party of Violence, ladies and gentlemen.
The assassination attempt on Donald Trump was on July 13th.
If Republicans talked this way about Democrats it would be non-stop news.
"One law for me, another for thee".
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.
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.
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."
