Posted on 10/03/2023 3:44:10 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
When Representative George Norris of Nebraska came to the House of Representatives to serve his first term in 1903, he was already something of a fish out of water. A progressive Republican, he disagreed with party leaders on a variety of issues, from railroad regulation to tariffs to support for labor unions. The problem for Norris was that his party had the power to thwart him at every turn.
Norris was the one to weaken party control over Congress. He bided his time for years until the opportunity finally arrived: St. Patrick’s Day, 1910. Cannon was present in the House, but many of the Republican “regulars,” as the defenders of party loyalty were called, were out, celebrating the day in the streets of Washington. Norris saw that enough of them were absent to swing a vote on the Speaker’s powers in favor of Cannon’s opponents. Progressive Republicans, with the support of Democrats who relished the opportunity to embarrass Cannon, could finally end the reign of “czar” Speakers.
Norris rose to introduce his resolution as the celebrations flowed outside the Capitol. He moved to take the Speaker off the Rules Committee and strip him of his power to appoint the Committee’s members. This would put the entire House, not the party leaders, in charge of deciding which bills were up for debate and passage. But the difficulty was getting the Speaker to agree even to debate Norris’s resolution. Because the Speaker controlled the flow of business in the House, he could simply refuse to entertain Norris’s motion. Norris contended that his resolution was privileged under the Constitution and so took precedence over other matters according to the rules of the House. Cannon had to make a ruling on Norris’s contention, so he allowed a lengthy debate to take place, stalling while his supporters rushed into the streets and barrooms to find reinforcements.
This is the inevitable result of that.
That is correct.
I don’t care for McCarthy, but the 8 Republicans better have a better Speaker lined up.
That would be earth shattering, to do something right for America for a change. I don’t know if it could be handled.
10% for the big guy.
Who ever offers the most for the votes, same as always.
If Republicans decapitated themselves by getting rid of McCarthy, then the nation is more imperiled than I thought.
That implies there was actually a mind in that head that was working towards responsible government.
Cutting off an empty head is fine with me.
Okay every patriot line up so we can apologize to our betters for daring to fight their uniparty
Hey Ed F*”k you.
Take your meds
I wonder why? Could it because McCarthy made a deal with Biden to continue funding the proxy war in Ukraine but now can't go through with it?
the Party leadership is hand in hand with the LEFTISTs leading us to the abyss
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there is no “Party leadership”; it just cut of its own head, proving they are just children in a room full of adult America Haters. And so lost the House in 2024, likely the Senate, and even if DJT wins the Presidency, he will be a powerless lame duck.
All thanks to the hypocritical, vindictive, vengeful brats who scorned their leadership for using Dem votes to pass legislation, and then turned around and cut off their leader’s head by using those same Dems votes.
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