Posted on 10/17/2023 5:04:27 AM PDT by cotton1706
House Republicans have scheduled a vote for the next Speaker of the House for today at noon. After ousting Kevin McCarthy two weeks ago—the first Speaker to be subject to a motion to vacate since 1910, and the only one to be successfully removed ever—it seemed for a time that no Republican could possibly assemble the necessary 217 votes.
But that appears to be changing. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), the third potential Speaker this session, only received 124 votes in the first round of voting last week, and 155 on a second vote seeking member support on the House floor. But the squeeze is on with those remaining dissenting Republicans, a combination of backers of failed Speaker hopeful Steve Scalise (R-LA), Appropriations and Armed Services Committee Republicans who are wary of budget implications, and moderates representing Biden seats.
One by one, those House Republicans are starting to lean Jordan’s way. Representatives like Mike Rogers (R-AL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), and Ann Wagner (R-MO) have come out in support of Jordan. That last one is wild: As recently as last Thursday, Wagner, a key Scalise ally, said she was a “HELL NO” (all caps hers) on the Jordan question.
There are two main dynamics driving Jordan’s apparent success. The first is an abject lack of courage on the part of (slightly) less extreme Republicans, particularly when it comes to conflict with the bug-eyed lunatics in their own party like Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), and of course Donald Trump.
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So it's enjoyable to see the media's frustration regarding their usual helpmates.
Jeffries will become speaker if they don’t get their shxt together.... pathetic.
Just coalesce around Jordan and be done with it. He is the best choice for the party moving forward and with his judiciary experience, he wouldn’t hesitate on going after the rats.
That’s because Jordan agreed to fund their neocon Deep State backers’ projects.
They might be spineless but they are not stupid...unlike Crazy Liz.
They know they would be primary-ed out if they didn’t.
The Congress reminds me of a pregnancy. The water has broken it is time to get the baby out to save the mother who has more kids at home. There are huge problems that need attending to.
Nope.. no bias in that article at all. /s
Making Russia Great Again has never been a project for American conservatives.
Jordan, like every other politician, is for sale and lost his credibility in his now-obsession to get the Speaker post.
He talks a good game, but never does anything (like Trey Gowdy used to do).
There is NO ONE in Congress (House, Senate, etc.), that has people's Rights or well-being in mind. It's all bought and paid for by the businesses that make money off the Legislation/Regulations/Executive Orders that they order to be planted, to enrich the Global Elites. The Constitution is just a doormat anymore, and the facts can't be seen on Fake News (which they also own and control).
So you’re a FR neocon, bruising for a WWIII?!?
When one read this article, a whiff of Lib unease is in the wind.
The so clled moderate Republicans share one common factor. They suck on the hind tit of money allocated by the Biden adminsitration , pork for their districts, for their coppnstituant businesses, colleghes etc, making their electoral fund raising easier and institutionalized for repeat.Icall thej RIBOI slush finders, wh9 have been accepting the dem mo0ney dial for years.
These idiots do not want the itemized budget approach in order to cut funding to programs like sex reassignment surgeryin the military paid for with tax dollars.
A geeral appropriation resolution suits these RINOs just foine because it allows their hand outs from the Dems to continue to buy them off ,,,,,,,and then there areno policy changes. Congress bec9es a joke. This is why McCArthy was removed.
NOw JIm JOPrdan may brioong a 12 poiint bidget resolution, he may have had to cut deals to get the votes. But Jordan needs to bring the 12 point itemized budget approach back where it belongs. As for the idiot RINO slush finders, they will reveal who they are with this vote, and i f they whine and wring their hands then they will be promaried out.That simple.
JIm Jordan will get that job done.And the rules package? Leave it just like it is. Matt Gaetz had done a great job.
“...the bug-eyed lunatics in their own party like Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), and of course Donald Trump...”
Leftist Commie much, Ryan Cooper????
“Waa I wanted a uni-party Speaker, maybe George W. Bush or Lil Paulie Ryno, waa!”
And saving a corrupt Ukrainian government shouldn’t be either.
But, for some reason it is.
No bruising for MAGA. Kicking Russian influence and corruption out of Europe brings vast benefits to Americans. Don’t be duped by Kremlin Bolshevik propaganda, FRiend.
Notice they NEVER mention the congressional democrat seats that are in Trump districts. You never hear about that. They only focus on the Republicans in Biden districts. You know, those gerrymandered districts that ONLY the Rats are allowed to create. California has at least 10 districts due to illegal aliens counted in the census. If not for that, the Republicans would control the House for a hundred years.
I’m not the one being duped.
And running off to foreign entanglements (that we instigated) ain’t “conservative”.
Wake up.
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