Scott 20901 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Kevin McCarthy says he now has enough support to become Speaker of the US House of Representatives, amid the longest such congressional stalemate in more than 150 years. The front-runner has lost 13 rounds of ballots over four days despite his Republicans holding a majority of seats in the lower chamber of Congress. Fifteen of 20 or so holdouts changed their vote on Friday to back him, but six diehard dissidents remain. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64193932 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang 53776 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 It seems pretty obvious that if he gives the radicals enough that then they will vote for him. The question is how much is enough for those radicals? And according to some articles live will be very difficult for ordinary GOP politicians if they have to please the radicals constantly for the next years. We will see. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tug 30829 Posted January 7 Popular Post Share Posted January 7 Possibly so but he will hostage to every nutter in the house to me it seems to be a recipe for total disfunction paper tiger imo 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang 53776 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 2 hours ago, Tug said: Possibly so but he will hostage to every nutter in the house to me it seems to be a recipe for total disfunction paper tiger imo The sad part is obviously that lots of people voted for those nutters... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
300sd 2838 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Too bad. He's another Pelosi! Part of the swamp. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo 11818 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 He just lost again, #14 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug 30829 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Here we go again round 15 this is going to be one effened up Congress 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo 11818 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 He's in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead 11923 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 McCarthy is in: 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
riclag 8434 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 (edited) 3 hours ago, 300sd said: Too bad. He's another Pelosi! Part of the swamp. Donalds would of been perfect imop. The Establishment status quo-was exposed to the world! Negotiations on measures to hold the speaker accountable were changed, amongst other important improvements. Now comes the hard part making rules and sticking by them while holding the leaders accountable! Hopefully one of those committee’s they use in oversight will critique the Intel agency’s, perform impeachment hearings on biden and audit the billions that was appropriated in spending ! Tip of the hat to those who bucked the swamp to make legislation transparent for the American people . Edited January 7 by riclag Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl 33567 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 1 hour ago, bendejo said: He's in. Yes, but at what price? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozimoron 22846 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 1 minute ago, stevenl said: Yes, but at what price? Ukraine, for a start. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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