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Yeah, but they're talking about the power to pass the Farm Bill, the Defense Bill, and funding for Israel and Ukraine, not actual power.

 

There’s eventually going to be a Republican speaker. If you can land on one who’s not an out and proud treasonous lunatic, it would be for the best, no matter how tempting the electoral boost would be from an absolute shitbird like Jordan being speaker.

 

True. There's no way they'd have brought this to a floor vote without assurances that the initial no votes are performance art and the refuseniks will gradually relent. Maybe one per round until the deal is done. Sounds like a long fight, but they're used to this by now, having fought 15 rounds only earlier this year. Nine months later, to paraphrase Warren Zevon, they're back in the ring.

 

Gym Jordan, the straight shooter who is his own worst enemy ...

 

I guess this guy isn't *as* bad as I thought he was.

How Patrick McHenry went from partisan ‘attack dog’ to holding the House’s fate

 

And, oh by the way, they need to do something to keep the government funded.

 

Details, details. They don't seem too worried about that.

 

No fuckery from Mitch. Imagine that.

The Senate just unanimously agreed to fill committee slots vacated by Dianne Feinstein. Perhaps most significant:@LaphonzaB fills the empty Judiciary Committee slot and Democrats regain their majority on a key panel. Biden’s judicial nominees can now move without GOP support.

 

"And then I told him, maybe you'll win in round coup."

 

I want to see fisticuffs on the House floor. I’ll take Pelosi to kick any and all ass.

 

"There's no shower in the speaker's office?"