Ffs, the Dem fear-mongering & hand-wringing has already started & McCarthy isn't even Speaker yet.
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These "deals" are all for naught, considering they'll require a majority of Senators to agree with them on any bill of any kind that they pass in the House.
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These "deals" are all for naught, considering they'll require a majority of Senators to agree with them on any bill of any kind that they pass in the House.
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Yes, that includes the debt ceiling, which they don't seem to grasp is money ALREADY SPENT. There is ZERO new spending in the debt ceiling.
Holding it hostage harms the American people bcos it will destroy US credit rating. It would be disastrous. Rank & file Rs know this.
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Holding it hostage harms the American people bcos it will destroy US credit rating. It would be disastrous. Rank & file Rs know this.
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Add to that the obvious & utter dearth of support from Senate Rs for this nonsense.
Notice the deafening silence from that Chamber? Instead, McConnell's preaching bipartisanship.
Their bills will die in the Senate & their agenda will follow apace.
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Notice the deafening silence from that Chamber? Instead, McConnell's preaching bipartisanship.
Their bills will die in the Senate & their agenda will follow apace.
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They only hold their razor-thin margin in the House due to gerrymandering. They don't have a mandate to do anything but end the chaos & GOVERN.
They're killing their party's 2024 chances.
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They're killing their party's 2024 chances.
news.umich.edu/u-m-political-…
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We'll see how McCarthy does whipping votes from all of his members when their bills come to the floor.
I mean, is there anyone who seriously believes this person will ever bring a vote to the floor with a majority of his Conference behind him?
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I mean, is there anyone who seriously believes this person will ever bring a vote to the floor with a majority of his Conference behind him?
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Stop wailing. Stop fear-mongering. Stop wringing your hands.
This is a blood sport. Our energies should be directed at taking them to the proverbial woodshed regularly & often. That's OUR mandate.
@RachelBitecofer has a plan. Follow her & fucking #Resist.
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This is a blood sport. Our energies should be directed at taking them to the proverbial woodshed regularly & often. That's OUR mandate.
@RachelBitecofer has a plan. Follow her & fucking #Resist.
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