Posted on 10/13/2023 8:27:22 AM PDT by hcmama
Lawmakers in both parties are expressing growing openness, both in public and in private, to a bipartisan deal to elect a House speaker as Republicans are continually thwarted in their efforts to do it alone.
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What we're hearing: A bipartisan group of roughly ten House lawmakers is quietly holding "very" serious discussions, a moderate Republican involved in the discussions told Axios on the condition of anonymity.
"The question is who gets you to the largest minority of the majority," the GOP lawmaker said. "Is it Don Bacon, who gets 20 [GOP] votes and 200 Democrats? Is it French Hill who gets 100 votes from Republicans? And the fewer Republicans, the more dangerous this is – not just politically, but structurally."
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"We're open to anything that's reasonable," said Rep. Maria Salazar (R-Fla.), a member of the moderate Republican Governance Group. "Bipartisanship is not a sin." Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a perennial bipartisan
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Moderate republicans are democrats.
“Bipartisan” = Let the Democrats rule.
Republican circular firing squad continues emptying their magazines into each other. Didn’t think it could get worse.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the House GOP moderates voted for Pelosi, that’s how worthless they are.
“ Moderate republicans are democrats.”
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Worse… they are TRAITORS!
For everyone who was cheering on Matt Gaetz, wait until Speaker Don Bacon makes all your wildest dreams come true.
The Can Doo Doo Party!
Uniparty strikes back
No. I did not vote for my congressman to be bipartisan. So far he hasn’t been. He hasn’t voted for a dime for Ukraine. He’s never voted for a CR or an omnibus bill.
Thanks Gaetz!
There are at least 5 hard "no" votes and Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C. and a pretty solid conservative) is quoted in the article saying "it's going to be hard" for Jordan to win.
Whole thing makes the GOP look incapable of governing. You don’t see these sorry displays of disarray when the Democrats are in the majority.
If only there was some inkling that this could have been a possible outcome
Conservative purity is driving the House back to the leftist Dems and quite frankly I’m just ambivalent anymore. Good job Gaetz!
spit3
Gutless pukes
Unfortunately this happens when the conservatives don’t get 217. I hope Jordan can figure out how to convince house members to vote for him. Bring a politician is about persuasion.
At this point it’s all just rearranging deck chairs on The Titanic.
And yes, however out of fashion it may be now in some circles, it's important to demonstrate you can actually govern
“’Bipartisan’ = Let the Democrats rule.”
Exactly!
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