Discussion: Congress, The Senate, The House of Representatives - Part I

[blueharvest]

How Gen Z is whipping the winds of change through Congress

Nowhere is the distinction between the Old Guard and Zoomers more evident than in the upcoming Democratic primary in Maryland’s 6th Congressional District.

thehill.com

 

[InCali]

How Gen Z is whipping the winds of change through Congress

Nowhere is the distinction between the Old Guard and Zoomers more evident than in the upcoming Democratic primary in Maryland’s 6th Congressional District.

thehill.com

While there are many, many good people in the legislative branch who are older, I would love to see an, overall, younger, more progressive group writing our laws.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

While there are many, many good people in the legislative branch who are older, I would love to see an, overall, younger, more progressive group writing our laws.

Me, too. Someone more in touch with the mainstream thinking and not lost in the glory days of yore.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[InCali]

Don't commit war crimes, along with other atrocities, and you won't have to worry about it. This is akin to Trump's whining about his own legal problems. Stop committing crimes you morons.

 

[squeekness]

He should just retire now instead of later.

 

[blueharvest]

Democratic leaders say they’ll shield Speaker Johnson from Greene motion to vacate

House Democratic leaders announced Tuesday that they will protect Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from a potential conservative coup, all but ensuring the Speaker will keep the gavel through the remai…

thehill.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[squeekness]

Good. Stop the time wasting at taxpayers expense.

 

[InCali]

To the surprise of no one. Thing is, this is a bad look to have the Dems come to your rescue. It's not strongly powerful......

 

[squeekness]

To the surprise of no one. Thing is, this is a bad look to have the Dems come to your rescue. It's not strongly powerful......

I'm hoping that won't be an issue for long -- we flip the House, he'll be out of a job next year.

 

[InCali]

I'm hoping that won't be an issue for long -- we flip the House, he'll be out of a job next year.

Don't think there's much doubt that will happen, but even if the repubs were to somehow manage to hang on to the house, he's still out of a job.

 

[squeekness]

Don't think there's much doubt that will happen, but even if the repubs were to somehow manage to hang on to the house, he's still out of a job.

Good riddance.

 

[InCali]

Good riddance.

Yeah? Well, imagine who might replace him.

 

[squeekness]

Yeah? Well, imagine who might replace him.

Hopefully Hakim Jefferies.

 

[InCali]

Hopefully Hakim Jefferies.

Good point, but I was thinking IF the repubs held the house......😱

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Most Powerful Republican in Congress Complains He Has No Influence

Mitch McConnell has admitted he can’t control the Republican Party.

newrepublic.com

 

[blueharvest]

Most Powerful Republican in Congress Complains He Has No Influence

Mitch McConnell has admitted he can’t control the Republican Party.

newrepublic.com

One of the reasons why he's retiring, probably.

 

[squeekness]

One of the reasons why he's retiring, probably.

No big loss at all.

 

[blueharvest]

Lauren Boebert claps back at Biden after dig at White House Correspondents Dinner

‘If Congress were a theatre, they’d have thrown out Lauren Boebert a long time ago,’ the president joked on stage at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday

www.independent.co.uk

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's moving ahead with effort to oust Speaker Johnson

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced on Wednesday she will move ahead with her attempt to oust Speaker Mike Johnson from the House's top job.

abcnews.go.com

 

[Ironfan72]

She is just grasping at straws, what she doesnt care about is the congress like all forms of government work when there is compromise and negotiations, the reason democrats didnt save McCarthy was simple, he backstabbed the democrats and wouldnt work with them, so they didnt save him, Johnson no matter how you feel about his politics did at least once work with the democrats to pass the Ukraine and Isreal packages, thus why democrats are willing to back him, MTG is losing power and influance and her only game is to creat a circus along with Boebert and Jordan all of whom have zero interest in actually doing the job they were sent to washington for, they rather be pawns of Trump and cause chaos, which is absolutely un patriotic dispite their belief otherwise, they serve everyone in their districts whether they voted for them or not, they do not serve one man or one party, so she continues to be the useless attention seeker she is