Posted on 01/05/2023 12:41:52 PM PST by RandFan
For the seventh time in three days, a group of conservatives blocked Republican leader Kevin McCarthy from winning the speaker’s gavel, leaving Congress in limbo and prompting talk among rank-and-file GOP lawmakers that it may be time for him to step aside.
In his bid to win over roughly 20 holdouts, Mr. McCarthy has offered a long list of concessions that would give them more say in the GOP agenda and more power to influence action on the House floor.
Mr. McCarthy’s negotiating efforts on Wednesday night yielded nothing for him on Thursday’s first ballot for speaker. For the third day in a row, he lost 20 votes from his conservative flank and remains 16 votes shy of a majority he needs to win.
The gridlock has left rank-and-file members questioning how long Mr. McCarthy, 57, can remain in the fight. Without a speaker, the House is paralyzed and new members-elect can’t even take the oath of office to officially begin their two-year terms.
“The fact of the matter is there comes a time when we want to govern,” Rep.-elect Ann Wagner, a Missouri Republican, said. “I was sent here to govern, to get things done. And this is the complete opposite of that.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
He’s going to have to pack it in or deal. If he deals he better get r done tonight.
God Almighty
The RINO herd is huge !!!
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What can you get done with the Dims and Dim-lites having a majority, the Senate, the Executive, and having removed your ability to control the purse? Fight it out now, rather than later.
These are the best 2 speeches yet.
The centerpiece has been that this is the most actual debate that has happened in the House in years.
To want the status quo, is to want 4,000 page traitorous Omnibus bills dropped in your lap with only hours to decide.
Congress-critter says: “I was sent here to govern, to get things done”.
Actually you were sent to the swamp to grift and get rich—you will figure it soon enough....
Hint: Open that bank account in the Bahamas now while you have some spare time.
The good ole boy “it’s his turn” system works until it doesn’t.
No, you were sent there to fight the left.
Exactly, this is great for the people and bad for the back room establishment types.
It’s time to dump McCarthy.
If this is an example of how McCarthy makes deals and brings ‘the team’ together - then he’s the wrong person for the job.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muw22wTePqQ
Who do you think would be able to get 218 votes, if not McCarthy?
He is a leftist snake. He should never be trusted because he seems to always buckle to the left just like Mitch McConnell. Both should be blocked from leadership positions.
God Almighty
The RINO herd is huge !!!
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That’s the biggest news in the entire debacle.
And represent YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
Aww, that’s a shame. They’re impatient to do what? They’ve basically had their purse-strings cut until late this year thanks to the 11th hour omnibus deal. Let them keep voting on a speaker until July for all I care.
Their Conservative voters are flooding DC Switchboards
McCarthy needs to step aside for the good of the Republican Party. He is just a sock puppet for the communist Democrats anyway. Totally spineless and shifty.
“ In his bid to win over roughly 20 holdouts, Mr. McCarthy has offered a long list of concessions that would give them more say in the GOP agenda and more power to influence action on the House floor.”
Now keep all these “concessions” (a manipulative terminology) and nominate Scalise rather than McCarthy.
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Note how they are described as “concessions” not agreements as if the others have no rights and McCarthy is royalty of some kind who needs only dole out concessions if he so deigns.
As if these things are his to give or take and do not belong to the representatives of the people.
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