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

[InCali]

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

MTG reminds me of the saying "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt".

 

[blueharvest]

Romney rejects Noem comparison: ‘I didn’t shoot my dog’

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) pushed back on comparisons between the politically damaging dog stories that plagued both his and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s (R) potential bids for the White House. D…

thehill.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

McConnell says he’s ready for ‘chaos’ in House to end

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) said Wednesday he’s ready for the “chaos” that has plagued the House for much of 2023 and 2024 to end next week, when a bipartisan group of lawmakers …

thehill.com

 

[blueharvest]

Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks MAGA stupidity barrier as Democrats vow to save Mike Johnson

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's crusade to oust GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson has somehow brought Democrats and Republicans together.

www.usatoday.com

 

[blueharvest]

McConnell says he’s ready for ‘chaos’ in House to end

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) said Wednesday he’s ready for the “chaos” that has plagued the House for much of 2023 and 2024 to end next week, when a bipartisan group of lawmakers …

thehill.com

Chaos he helped create in the first place.

 

[squeekness]

McConnell says he’s ready for ‘chaos’ in House to end

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) said Wednesday he’s ready for the “chaos” that has plagued the House for much of 2023 and 2024 to end next week, when a bipartisan group of lawmakers …

thehill.com

Me, too, Mitch.

 

[blueharvest]

Exclusive: Bernie Sanders worries young people are underestimating the threat from Trump

Sen. Bernie Sanders sounds off on the Israel-Hamas war, antisemitism, college protests, and President Joe Biden’s record while in office

www.usatoday.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Schumer poised to join Johnson invite for Netanyahu address to Congress

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is poised to join Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver an address to Congress, despite tension…

thehill.com

 

[InCali]

Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will force vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson

Rep. Marjorie Tyalor Greene has dangled the threat of dethroning Johnson since late March after he relied on Democrats to push through a $1.2 trillion spending bill to avert a government shutdown.

www.cbsnews.com

When this motion comes to the floor, if I'm the Dems, I just walkout en masse and don't cast a single vote. First benefit is that they don't support that dipstick of a speaker and secondly, it'll show just how little support the bigger dipstick who is bringing the motion enjoys from her "colleagues".

 

[blueharvest]

https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/nancy-pelosi-medal-of-honor-19437272.php

And here's the article without a paywall:

https://archive.is/PeTmG

 

[blueharvest]

Crenshaw becomes latest Republican to hit Greene over Johnson ouster plan

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) became the latest Republican to hit Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) over her plan to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). “She needs her time in the spotlight, y…

thehill.com

 

[blueharvest]

Congress voted against funding a cure for cancer just to block a win for Biden

The Moonshot program was the largest, organized effort by the U.S. government to find cancer cures. Congress voted it down.

www.yahoo.com

 

[squeekness]

Congress voted against funding a cure for cancer just to block a win for Biden

The Moonshot program was the largest, organized effort by the U.S. government to find cancer cures. Congress voted it down.

www.yahoo.com

They have no shame.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

As far as metaphors go, the GOP voting against curing cancer is just too on the nose.

 

[blueharvest]

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats "effectively have been governing as if we were in the majority"

Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats are focused on getting work done while "extremists" within the Republican House majority are more interested in creating chaos.

www.cbsnews.com

 

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[DA_Champion]

I've liked Bernie in the past, but this is not good. The Senate, the party, etc need fresh blood.

 

[InCali]

Anyone out there think he shouldn't run? I'm glad he is. I'm behind his policies.....age be damned.

 

[squeekness]

Yay, Bernie!

 

[squeekness]

Anyone out there think he shouldn't run? I'm glad he is. I'm behind his policies.....age be damned.

Bernie can stay.

 

[InCali]

Bernie can stay.

He's older than Biden and is running for a 6 year term. While I do think we should have more young people in public office, I think there's a certain level of hypocrisy on the part of people who say Biden is too old to be president. A lot of those people, I believe, would gladly vote for Sanders. I would gladly vote for him too. As long as people are healthy (mentally and physically), policy is more important to me than is age.

 

[Teelie]

The way I see it is we don't need another politician to die in office that could have been replaced with a younger, healthier one who can carry on the torch. We don't need another RBG.

 

[InCali]

The way I see it is we don't need another politician to die in office that could have been replaced with a younger, healthier one who can carry on the torch. We don't need another RBG.

Agreed. Any time you have someone of advanced age; be it Sanders, Biden, or whomever, there is always a greater probability of that happening. With RBG, it was compounded by the fact that she had cancer.

 

[squeekness]

He's older than Biden and is running for a 6 year term. While I do think we should have more young people in public office, I think there's a certain level of hypocrisy on the part of people who say Biden is too old to be president. A lot of those people, I believe, would gladly vote for Sanders. I would gladly vote for him too. As long as people are healthy (mentally and physically), policy is more important to me than is age.

Yeah, Bernie still seems sharper than both Trump and Biden right now.