Nearly Half Of House Republicans Voted To Shut Down The Government
Nearly as many House Republicans (106) voted to shut down the government, as voted to fund the government with a short term continuing resolution and keep it open (107).
Nearly as many House Republicans (106) voted to shut down the government, as voted to fund the government with a short term continuing resolution and keep it open (107).
Just when you think they can’t humiliate themselves any more, the radical nihilists running the show in the U.S. House wave the red cape at the bull of the Biden economy in a desperate effort to make it collapse.
For all of his talk, Speaker Mike Johnson has proposed a government funding bill that is just like the one that got Kevin McCarthy booted and he’ll need Democratic votes to pass it.
Speaker Mike Johnson’s tenure hasn’t gotten off to a great start. House Republican leadership has “abruptly” pulled the financial services spending bill because they didn’t have the votes, due to a lack of support from Republicans. This is the second spending bill they’ve pulled this week.
President Biden let some anger creep into his voice as he talked about how Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans tried to go back on the budget deal that they negotiated.
After Kevin McCarthy caved and a bipartisan CR passed the House with 209 votes, Matt Gaetz tried to fire McCarthy with a motion to vacate, but the House recessed without recognizing him.
Speaker McCarthy’s supposedly clean continuing resolution (CR) would effectively give Congress a pay raise while denying aid to Ukraine.
Speaker McCarthy has backed down and is trying to pass a clean CR without Ukraine aid, but he needs Democratic votes, and former Speaker Pelosi is warning Democrats not to help him.
Kevin McCarthy told reporters on Friday evening that he thinks he can pass a continuing resolution (CR) but only if Ukraine aid is taken out, so that it helps Putin.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered a message to Kevin McCarthy that he is all alone on the government shutdown.
Majority Leader Schumer said that Senate Democrats and Republicans worked through the weekend and came to an agreement on a short-term CR to keep the government open. Meanwhile, Speaker McCarthy continues to flounder.
A microcosm of the mess that House Republicans have created was on display on Sunday when Rep. Jim Jordan said that the defunding of Jack Smith should be part of any CR to keep the government open.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) had to cancel a planned procedural vote on a short-term government funding bill because he didn’t have the votes, which means that McCarthy still has no plans to keep the government open.
Sen. Ted Cruz and a group of conservative House Republicans were defeated in their bid to link defunding Planned Parenthood to funding the government as the Senate voted 78-20 to pass a clean Continuing Resolution.
The House passed a CR 319-108 today, but the vote was calm before the storm as Republicans are setting up a government shutdown showdown with President Obama.
Speaker of the House John Boehner took Republican dysfunction to a new high when he called his own House Republicans knuckleheads before a critical vote on funding the government.
John Boehner continues to say that House Republicans will pass a CR that avoids a government shutdown, but behind close doors Republicans still don’t have a strategy to avoid another shutdown.