• Buelldozer@lemmy.today
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      It’s not against the GOPs rules, quite a bit of bi-partisan legislation has passed since Biden took office, but it is against the “Freedom Caucus” rules.

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        quite a bit of bi-partisan legislation has passed since Biden took office

        Thank you for this. It’s good to get a bit of grounding when getting lost in the hyperbole.

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    So if you do anything to avert a disaster of a shutdown we will try to remove you. The concessions they are asking for are crazy.

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      In July 2023, Jackson was briefly detained by law enforcement in White Deer, Texas during a rodeo. Video of the incident showed that Jackson was attempting to assist a teenager suffering from a seizure. After being asked by a trooper to step back to allow paramedics to take over, Jackson shouted profanities at him. Jackson lunged at the trooper and was physically held back by bystanders. After Jackson pushed past officers who positioned themselves between him and the trooper, he was taken down and handcuffed. Jackson was soon uncuffed and said that he would call the governor. Jackson later spoke to Carson County Sheriff Tam Terry, with Terry reporting that Jackson demanded consequences for the deputies who handcuffed him and threatened to go after Terry politically.

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    Do it, I want more pictures of AOC wearing a shit eating grin watching them vote over and over.

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    The thing is, the threat doesn’t actually work against moderate actions. If the Democrats get a deal done, they can promise to vote to keep McCarthy as part of the deal.

    With all Democrats and McCarthy they would only need his 5 most loyal allies to vote to keep him, and obviously in reality at least 100 House members agree with McCarthy more than the Freedom Caucus fringe.

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    These people. Seriously. They agreed to the deal months ago, only to go back on the deal a month before the deal is to go into effect. It’s almost as if working with Republicans on anything is useless… Biden didn’t have to agree with them on anything. He could have instructed the treasurery department to ignore congress and continue to pay bills. But no, fool me 40 times shame on you I guess.

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      Remember last January? If there’s no Speaker, the only thing the House can do is vote for a Speaker. If the vote fails to gain a majority, they do it again.

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      Nothing. Literally nothing.

      Business in the House of Reps cannot take place without a speaker. Their one and only function would be to hold votes until they get a new speaker. Whether that takes hours or months doesn’t matter. The only thing they can do is hold votes until a speaker is elected.