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Tempers flare and bills languish as Speaker Johnson confronts the same problems that vexed McCarthy
Associated Press ^ | November 18, 2023 | Lisa Mascaro

Posted on 11/18/2023 11:34:45 AM PST by Olog-hai

By most accounts, Speaker Mike Johnson inherited a House Republican majority in disarray after the sudden ouster of his predecessor last month.

But as Johnson, R-La., tries to rebuild that slim majority, he’s fast running into the same hard-right factions and divisions that Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was unable to tame. That’s disrupting the party’s agenda, shelving priorities and leaving gnawing questions about any leader’s ability to govern.

Capitol Hill devolved into fresh scenes of political chaos this past week as tensions soared. A Republican senator challenged a Teamsters union boss to a brawl, one of several outbursts involving lawmakers, and the untested new speaker was forced to abandon his own party’s schedule and send everyone home early for Thanksgiving.

“This place is a pressure cooker,” Johnson lamented. Hopefully, he said, people will “cool off.” […]

Conservatives took particular umbrage at the temporary spending bill, called a continuing resolution, that maintained spending at the levels that had been agreed to last year, when Democrats had full control of Congress and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was the speaker.

“When are we going to do what we said we were going to do?” (Chip) Roy railed. “When are we going to act like a Republican majority and start fighting?”

It’s the same complaint that led the hard-right bloc to oust McCarthy in October, the first unseating of a speaker in U.S. history, and will threaten Johnson’s leadership. …

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


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1 posted on 11/18/2023 11:34:45 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The less legislation Congress passes, the better.


2 posted on 11/18/2023 11:35:34 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Exactly.

To paraphrase a certain movie character, Johnson went full McCarthy, and you never go full McCarthy.


3 posted on 11/18/2023 11:37:12 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai
AP = Always Propaganda
4 posted on 11/18/2023 11:39:58 AM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Olog-hai

He’s had the job for what two+ weeks? Seriously AP!


5 posted on 11/18/2023 11:41:37 AM PST by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell)
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To: Olog-hai

A Republican senator challenged a Teamsters union boss to a brawl..


Bold-faced lie by AP. It was the other way around, and the Republican senator simply said in so many words, “Bring it.”


6 posted on 11/18/2023 11:44:00 AM PST by Fester Chugabrew (May I please have a government shutdown?)
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To: Olog-hai

Speaker Johnson nor President Trump nor any “leader” can fix the fundamental problem(s) with our nation. They can slow the inevitable destination, but the problems we face are far deeper than most will acknowledge.

We have irreconcilable differences in a swamp of corruption. He is an improvement but don’t expect miracles.


7 posted on 11/18/2023 11:46:52 AM PST by volunbeer (We are living 2nd Thessalonians)
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To: Olog-hai
Conservatives took particular umbrage at the temporary spending bill, called a continuing resolution, that maintained spending at the levels that had been agreed to last year, when Democrats had full control of Congress and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was the speaker.

For this to happen, we as a people don't have a functional Congress anymore. I don't know what the hell we have.

8 posted on 11/18/2023 11:47:21 AM PST by 4Runner
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To: Fester Chugabrew; All
What, Lisa Mascaro lie? Unthinkable . . .


9 posted on 11/18/2023 11:50:06 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

He released the J6 video tapes. McCarthy chose to do nothing while having whatever he does with Frank Luntz (Ewww).


10 posted on 11/18/2023 11:51:16 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: volunbeer
I always expect miracles, but never would I ascribe them to any human being.
11 posted on 11/18/2023 11:51:21 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: MtnClimber

Let’s see if he keeps doing this.

McCarthy started and then stopped, after all. Not exactly doing nothing, but not following through and being consistent either.


12 posted on 11/18/2023 11:52:43 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Johnson acted in full compliance with GOP House Rules.

A majority of GOP members supported the CR.

What’s your complaint?


13 posted on 11/18/2023 11:54:08 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner
Johnson acted in full compliance with GOP House Rules.

A majority of GOP members supported the CR.

What’s your complaint?

 

I have no complaint about Johnson here. But as I see it, Johnson also supported the CR. And that's what has some FR panties in a wad.

14 posted on 11/18/2023 11:57:21 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“The less legislation Congress passes, the better.”

Yup.


15 posted on 11/18/2023 11:58:51 AM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: volunbeer

“We have irreconcilable differences in a swamp of corruption.”

So very true.


16 posted on 11/18/2023 11:59:56 AM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Olog-hai

Including the J6 tape release that McCarthy promised, right?

Oh, wait a minute...Johnson released all of those takes the first week on the job..

Next problem?


17 posted on 11/18/2023 11:59:58 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Mariner

Complaint? If I had one, I would frame it in Chip Roy’s words. Perhaps I do have one.

So-called “house rules” do not mean the same thing as the US Constitution, after all.

And of course I’d be bothered if a majority of Unipartiers supported the CR, but not surprised.

Do you even have a complaint?


18 posted on 11/18/2023 11:59:59 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Mariner

Maybe the fact that the CR passed only by having more Dems than R’s supporting it? Still running the Pelosi/Schumer budget. Great progress


19 posted on 11/18/2023 12:00:18 PM PST by Runner4life
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To: moovova

So what? McCarthy was doing the very same thing, until he wasn’t.


20 posted on 11/18/2023 12:00:30 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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