No matter which republican becomes speaker they will be diminished as a leader. I hear the deal is going to involve a mechanism to be able discharge leadership and bring bills up for a vote with a simple majority. Meaning republicans don’t have to actually do the work of government because democrats can carry the water with only a few Republicans while the rest can all eat glue and in between having an affair with Marge Green.
If we are going to be having a new vote every hour for days to come, it seems like McCarthy should at least be getting some frequent flier miles from Delta Airlines or something.
Why? He deserves nothing. Including flying back and forth to Cali on Air Force 2. Had enough of that with the old hag and her liquor bills.
Incredibly Productive House Of Representatives Assembles For 8th Vote In Just 3 Days https://www.theonion.com/incredibly-productive-house-of-representatives-assemble-1849954415 WASHINGTON—Defying speculation that the 118th Congress would get little accomplished during its term, the incredibly productive House of Representatives assembled Thursday for its eighth vote in just three days. “Less than 72 hours into the new session, and they’ve already held seven votes—these committed representatives are holding a master class in how to show up and get down to brass tacks,” said New York Times congressional reporter Annie Karni, adding that the seven votes in the House of Representatives had also seen 100% attendance, a rarity in the chamber, which only underscored the legislative body’s universal commitment to efficiency. “Things are finally changing in Washington. We’ve also received word from Capitol sources that this burst of productivity from our elected officials might not even be over—we could see an ninth, tenth, or even 11th vote today. This level of voting right out of the gate hasn’t been seen in America in over a century, and it bodes well for our nation’s future.” At press time, several new polls found that a majority of Americans supported giving the hardworking representatives a few days or even weeks off to rest.
Much of this has been discussed but in general the risk that the holdouts have is that they have extracted all these deals with McCarthy but also torpedoing his chances of being elected. And next person will not be bound by any agreements with the holdouts. In general the dems are not going to vote for any republican speaker and I agree with that. But I can't say that there is no scenario where that could happen. If McCarthy can't get elected and the next person refuses to do all the deals with the holdouts then the dems and others can giggle because everything is at a standstill with no speaker. Fine for a while, but there is the debt ceiling and all sorts of other legislative business in the house that the dems want to see happen so it will/would be in their interest to weigh in ultimately. Some of this dilemma is a result of the vitriolic nature of the relations in the U.S. Congress between parties. At the state level, it is fairly common for some state legislators to cross party lines when they are in the out-of-power party to vote in the least conservative or the least lefty house speaker as they wish. They just take care of bidness as they say in Texas. Not so in DC. They act like it is a constitutional crisis or something.