If The GOP Loses Its House Majority, It’s Speaker Johnson’s Fault

The Federalist ^ | 04/18/2024 | John Daniel Davidson

[Mariner]

Again, there is NOTHING Republicans could do, NOTHING that would case you to not vote for them.

And that defines you.

[sauropod]

Bee Ess.

[sauropod]

Thank you.

[zeugma]

not entirely his fault. the republican party has been the stupid party for ages. They powers that be are simply no longer hiding how much they hate us.

[Political Junkie Too]

Look up the Reconciliation procedure to see why Democrats push so hard for single omnibus bills.

Democrats can't control the vote on separate budget bills from the House because they can't get enough votes for cloture in the Senate. To get around that, they force everything into single omnibus bills that they can push through the reconciliation process that only requires a simple majority in the Senate to pass, but they can only do it once a year per revenue, spending, and debt ceiling bill.

The longer that Senate Democrats fail to act on House bills, the shorter the time becomes to pass a budget or hit the debt ceiling. Democrats and the LAAP-dog media always blame Republicans for "shutting down the government" saying that Republicans won't send them something that will pass in the Senate.

This puts pressure on the House to either send the Senate what Democrats want, or Democrats will use reconciliation to amend one massive omnibus spending bill via reconciliation and send it back to the House, again blaming them for a government shutdown if they don't pass the Senate bill.

The limit of one spending, one revenue, and one debt ceiling bill in the Senate makes the Democrats strategize how to use this streamlined process for maximum impact for Democrats. That's where the brinksmanship comes in. They can take separate revenue bills from the House and amend them together with Democrat pet budget items into one massive bill that only requires a simple majority in the Senate to pass, and then force the House to accept the Democrat bill or shut down the government (or Ukraine will die, or the Israeli hostages will dies...).

See this article from earlier today: Chuck Schumer brags to Senators about Mike Johnson giving Dems everything they wanted on Ukraine, foreign aid: report

Excerpt:

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer bragged on the Senate floor on Wednesday about how House Speaker Mike Johnson gave into Democratic demands in foreign aid packages.

Human Events' Jack Posobiec said he heard from a senior Republican official that Schumer "was just on the Senate floor bragging to other members about Speaker Johnson giving Democrats everything they wanted in the Ukraine and foreign aid packages."

You may say that this is simply Johnson being weak, ineffective, spineless, and should go.

I say that it doesn't matter if it were Johnson, McCarthy, or anyone else. Just look at how Schumer was reportedly "bragging" about what he had done [again]. Schumer wouldn't be bragging if he wasn't showing off another win. Schumer was bragging because he knows how to sting the Republicans.

Republicans will never break out of this death spiral until they get rid of Senate leadership and start working together between both chambers to stop the Democrats at their game.

-PJ

[Alas Babylon!]

I’ll give you a break, but you are extremely rude.

Don’t reply to me again, kay?

[napscoordinator]

Whatever. You clearly are a troll. You contribute to democrats winning. What a mess you’ve made. Well done.

[Mariner]

“You clearly are a troll.”

For 26 years on this site.

I’ve seen committed partisans, blinded by zeal, come and go.

And there’s absolutely no doubt you are one of those.

A Republican politician could piss on your shoes at the urinal and you’d apologize for being there.

[napscoordinator]

Your lies get more entertaining by the year. You’ve been called out about them often, but you keep cruising on. Carry on as you’ll never change. You are predictable and boring.