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McCarthy Is Speaker of the House

metis

metis

aged ecumenical anthropologist
And the insurrectionists within their ranks are now going to be the tail that wags the dog. The next two years will be a nightmare, and this includes for Republicans that have morals, believe in the Constitution, and have a brain.
 
esmith

esmith

Veteran Member
metis said:
And the insurrectionists within their ranks are now going to be the tail that wags the dog. The next two years will be a nightmare, and this includes for Republicans that have morals, believe in the Constitution, and have a brain.
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I beleive your prejudices are overshowding your intelligence.

insurrectionist (plural insurrectionists) a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
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F1fan

Veteran Member
The speech Jefferies gave was impressive. He certainly showed that he has the character and vision to be House leader himself some day, and president. McCarthy's speech had moments of unity, but it certainly showed that he had to feed the far right members a lot of red meat. How he will be able to run the House remains to be seen since some of the things he wants to do are not rational or doable. Namely he cited some efforts against "woke indoctrination in schools" and the same "open borders" nonsense that the republicans have done about for 6 years. He wants to balance the budget and cut military spending? Both went up under Trump, so good luck. If he's going down the far right rabbit hole of nonsense then his days as leader will not be long.
 
tytlyf

tytlyf

Not Religious
Republicans..."Our first bill will repeal funding for 87,000 new IRS agents."

Corporate policy. Republicans protecting crooked corporations and the elite. This would help the 1% continue to evade paying taxes. Leaving the burden on the middle and lower classes.

You get what you vote for
 
The Kilted Heathen

The Kilted Heathen

Crow FreyjasmaðR
"You will no longer see wasteful spending from this Congress! Now let me tell you just how we're going to completely waste your money..." -Matt McCarthy (Paraphrased)
 
Left Coast

Left Coast

This Is Water
Staff member
Premium Member
With the Senate and White House still in Democratic control, get ready for....drumroll please....a bunch of nothing! Prepare for lots of virtue signaling for the next two years.
 
It Aint Necessarily So

It Aint Necessarily So

Veteran Member
Premium Member
metis said:
The next two years will be a nightmare
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I don't see the Republican House accomplishing anything constructive. They will stop the Democrats and Biden from continuing in their success for the past two years, but they won't enact any legislation, and their trolling investigations will go like Benghazi. They may impeach Biden, but I consider that unlikely given their slim House majority and the vacuity of the charge whatever it might be, but it's not impossible, and it wouldn't harm Biden any more than it did Trump. Expect a two-year sh*tshow that changes nothing except control of the House in 2024.
 
The Kilted Heathen

The Kilted Heathen

Crow FreyjasmaðR
The bigger concern is that McCarthy got the seat by caving to the demands of the 20 Far-Right suits that were holding everything up. Now, among other things, if he doesn't play ball any single one of them can enact a vote to remove him from his seat.
 
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Ponder This

Well-Known Member
esmith said:
As of 1:39am Jan 7 he received the majority of the votes and is Speaker of the House
Kevin McCarthy elected House speaker in 15th floor vote after days of high drama
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This argument over Speaker has turned out to be incredibly productive. Republicans get an A+ for dragging this out. They've introduced useful common sense such as requiring 72 hours between the time a bill is introduced and the time it is voted on. It seems like whenever a party argues with itself is when Congress becomes most productive.
 
metis

metis

aged ecumenical anthropologist
Ponder This said:
This argument over Speaker has turned out to be incredibly productive. Republicans get an A+ for dragging this out. They've introduced useful common sense such as requiring 72 hours between the time a bill is introduced and the time it is voted on. It seems like whenever a party argues with itself is when Congress becomes most productive.
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Well, that's quite a twist.

Let's see how this turns out, and my guess is that we'll get that drift fairly quickly.
 
SomeRandom

SomeRandom

Still learning to be wise
Staff member
Premium Member
Lol did you guys see the fight that broke out?
I mean ours have had some scuffles in the past, but we’re all drunk lol

Is it immature of me to say that it was quite entertaining to witness?
 
We Never Know

We Never Know

No Slack
SomeRandom said:
Lol did you guys see the fight that broke out?
I mean ours have had some scuffles in the past, but we’re all drunk lol

Is it immature of me to say that it was quite entertaining to witness?
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I saw that earlier. They said Rogers had to be restrained from going after Gaetz.

They should have let them at each other lol.
 
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