Time to triple down on fringe extremist agenda
this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2024
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Lose lose for Republicans... Compromise and the far-right goes bonkers calling Johnson RINO etc.
Don't compromise and the House Republicans continue to appear incompetent at doing anything.
“…continue to BE incompetent at doing anything.” It’s not just an appearance.
See, I know and understand that. However, Republicans are masters at doing nothing and deflecting the blame onto others. So the perception of their effectiveness to their constituents is important.
They did it to themselves, yet will always blame conspiracy or young people
Oh no, he might have to compromise with us DEMONRATS
I wonder if the Republicans will kick him out for compromising, like they did with McCarthy.
If they kick him out early enough, they can have both a shutdown and a leadership crisis.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Speaker Mike Johnson is facing an extremely narrow majority in the House and tough vote math as Congress confronts upcoming battles over government funding, aid to Ukraine and Israel and border security.
Additionally, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s office has announced that he will work remotely until returning to Washington in February as he recovers from a stem cell transplant.
The House Republican majority will shrink even further by the end of the month with Ohio GOP Rep. Bill Johnson resigning from Congress on January 21 to take a new job as president of Youngstown State University.
The most pressing issues are a pair of government shutdown deadlines in January and February and a high-stakes effort to strike a deal over border security and aid for Ukraine and Israel.
Congress passed stopgap legislation in mid-November extending government funding until January 19 for priorities including military construction, veterans’ affairs, transportation, housing and the Energy Department.
Johnson will have to balance competing demands from the far-right and more moderate factions of the conference, no easy task as Congress faces government shutdown battles and fights over hot-button issues that have long been contentious on Capitol Hill such as border security.
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