Posted on 05/27/2024 12:37:51 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The House GOP effort to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress is in limbo, with Republicans unsure whether they have the votes to pass the measure.
Two committees last week easily passed resolutions to censure Garland, and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has since projected confidence, saying he expects the measure to pass “handily” once lawmakers return from their weeklong Memorial Day recess.
But a source familiar with behind-the-scenes discussions said there are at least two Republican members who have privately said they will not vote for the measure.
That’s a problem given the razor-thin House GOP majority, which leaves Republicans only able to pass bills with one or two defections, if Democrats are unified.
Leadership was whipping the Garland vote this week as some GOP members suggested some of their colleagues are not yet on board.
“We’re not gonna do it unless we know we can pass it,” Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) told The Hill, adding “there’s more than one” GOP colleague who has reservations.
He said dynamics could shift over the break as “people figure out how to get comfortable with it.”
Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) said some members may be “squishy” on the issue.
“If they got problems, they’re from squishes, not me,” he said when asked about the timing of the vote.
The fact the House did not vote on the Garland matter over the past week was notable.
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I truly loath these people.. both sides, all of them
But we know that Joe got all his people and his entire agenda through with Republicans rushing in to help him.
So, it’s perfectly consistent.
Take a vote and find out who’s who. I’d give a pass to the Calif squishes. That’s the best we can do.
I can kind of see his point. Repubs tend to "get er done" when there's no chance of it actually happening. We know there are RINOs(dems really) and with barely a majority, it's all kabuki. The house is writing and sometime passing bills but it's futile because dem senate and dem president. It's all kabuki in an election year.
As far as exposing squishes, we already know who they are based on prior voting patterns. All the slim repub majority can do is use the power of the purse. There's your "expose". Which ones just funded the FBI?
DEFUND the federal dept of......
The spineless geldings strike again.
Dammit, fight for truth you morons.
I am so damn tired of these spineless Rinos
No Republicans are casting doubts. Some deep cover DemocRats, maybe.
Too many Assist. ‘Rats on “our side”.
RINOs working to save “Their Democracy”
Put it up for a vote and any Republicans playing that game get exposed and can be denied election assistance from the party. But that assumes the party is going to actually try to win.
Yes, occasionally the truth actually slips through the truth filters. The point is that they have decided (like most news outlets), that they no longer require confirmation. Remember the movie “All the President’s Men”, where they said they needed at least two confirming sources? That ethic no longer exists because there are no journalists left.
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