greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 5^th, 2023 at 11:27am:

Yes.  Ridiculous scenario, and only typifies the mentality of the
average GOP member.

McCarthy failed to gain the speaker’s post in three more successive votes.
The empty speaker’s position means that the House is at a standstill:
Without sworn members, it is unable to perform oversight, pass bills or
set up constituent services.


In a spectacle on the House floor not seen in 100 years, unrelenting
hard-right lawmakers refused repeatedly to throw their support behind
McCarthy.  This episode puts Republican divisions on vivid display,
grinding the House to a standstill and extending an ignominious start
to the new Republican majority, potentially foreshadowing an era of
dysfunction and disarray.

The 20 Republicans opposing McCarthy for the House speakership have
coalesced, for now at least, around Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida.

Without a speaker, the US House of Representatives essentially becomes
a useless entity.   Because none of its members can be sworn in until a
speaker is appointed, there are no lawmakers to respond to an emergency
or a crisis, only representatives-elect.

With no rules adopted, the legislative process cannot move forward; no
bills can be passed or resolutions adopted.

—Thank you very much GOP;  you continue to be the arseholes of American politics.

    

Tap wrote on Jan 5^th, 2023 at 10:00am:


Excellent choice, Tap. Then we're agreed. Kari can become the new house speaker, Katie Hobbs can stick with the governor thing, and we'll call the lawsuits off, fair and square. Do you see?

I knew we could settle this. You watch, Mr Trump will get put back in the White House in no time. Why are the leftards so anal about democracy?

I mean, who cares?

Dnarever wrote on Jan 5^th, 2023 at 11:46pm:


Mr Trump's not a Republican, dear, he's a MAGA. WE WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.

Mr Trump purged the GOP of the Republicans, so you now have to be a MAGA.

Fair's fair, no?

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Republicans in Congress are gathering to vote for their preferred politician who will let the voters down over the next two years.

"This is an honorable tradition, where we come together as team players to choose the one man who will most effectively preserve our power while doing the opposite of everything we promised our voters and spending trillions of dollars," said Rep. Dan Crenshaw. "Anyone who opposes our pick is anti-American!"

At publishing time, Republicans had considered just electing a Democrat Speaker of the House since there isn't much difference anyway.

This is great. Watching Republicans eat each other alive.

Marla wrote on Jan 6^th, 2023 at 12:12pm:


They couldn't organise a pissup in a brewery.