House Speaker Ongoing Melodrama

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(10-04-2023, 01:46 AM)pally Wrote: Democrats didn’t bring the vote to vacate the Speakership.  McCarthy’s own party did.  He didn't have the votes within his own majority. Then once he was gone, Republicans had no idea what to do next so they adjourned for a week.  They didn’t have a slate of candidates ready to go for another Speaker’s vote.  The Democrats have a candidate.  Why don’t Republicans vote for Jeffries?  It is a 2 way street.

And yes if the govt shuts down in Nov it will remain the Republicans fault.  If the House wants to pass appropriations on party vote alone that means they have capitulated to the extreme right’s demand of 30% or more cuts to all discretionary spending.  Those bills will never pass the Senate.  So either the new Speaker flat out tells Gaetz and company to f*** off he’s working with the Democrats or we’ll be back in the same place next month.

Why is it the small Congress majority responsibility to bow down to the slightly majority Democratic senate? I say get ready as the house are not going to do it. This will force the senate to say no and shut down the government.

Or both sides could work together to reduce government spending, fund the border and stop funding for Ukraine which are two hot topics.

If the house controls the purse strings, then senate should either work with them or assume blame if they shut it down.