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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WaPo is saying the obvious: with McCarthy ousted, the likelihood of a shut down in November has increased: 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/10/05/house-speaker-government-shutdown/

“It becomes substantially harder to do a government spending deal, because the message has been sent that Republicans should not rely on Democrats to pass any bills,” said Brian Riedl, a former aide to Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) who is now a policy analyst at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative-leaning think tank. “Things can always get worse. The no-compromise fringe has been strongly empowered and essentially has a veto over House Republican policy — which can’t be squared with what Democrats and the White House want.”[/quote]
Good way of putting it.  The next speaker can't hold a vote on a spending bill that needs Dem support to pass.  But of course, it's going to be nearly impossible for the House to pass a bill that gets only GOP support, since the party is full of crazies and can only afford five or so no votes.

Seems like one way out is for the next speaker to just hold a vote anyway on a bill that needs Dem support, like McCarthy did, and risk his job.  Maybe that's what will happen after a shutdown...[/quote]

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