The Speaker of the House is chosen by the Majority Party. In this Congress, it is the responsibility of House Republicans to choose a nominee & elect the Speaker on the Floor. At this time there is no justification for a departure from this tradition.
The House will be in order.
There are 17 hours until Extreme House Republicans shut down the government.
Just a quick reminder on the bipartisan budget deal!
Upholding the deal:
β House Democrats
β Senate Democrats
β Senate Republicans
β President Biden
Going back on the deal:
βHouse Republicans
βThat is theater. I will tell you, the guy who picks up the trash in my office wonβt get a paycheck. Thatβs real.β
β OMB Director Shalanda Young, when asked about House Speaker McCarthy claiming he won't take a salary during the government shutdown and if Biden will do the same
Hereβs what went down: we just won a clean 45 day gov extension, stripped GOPβs earlier 30% cuts to Social Security admin etc, staved off last minute anti-immigrant hijinks, and averted shutdown (for now).
People will get paychecks and MTG threw a tantrum on the way out. Win-win
At the last minute, Speaker McCarthy abandoned his extreme right, worked with Democrats who overwhelmingly helped pass a bipartisan CR, in which we maintained full funding, added $10B in disaster. Won and done. Now we need to fix Ukraine support, and fast!
Lead?
More Democrats voted to keep government open than Republicans did.
We had to drag your party kicking and screaming across the finish line to fund schools and pay servicemembers.
And that was after you wasted the whole week on a joke impeachment hearing as shutdown loomed
@JoeKhalilTV@RepDanCrenshaw@NewsNation Why are you shutting down the gov in the first place. Didn't you have a deal made months ago? Sounds like Republicans can't be trusted to keep their word.