"House Republicans left for Easter recess with their base enraged, their majority in tatters — and their speaker facing the prospect of a humiliating ouster by his own MAGA allies. Dysfunction doesn't even begin to cover it..."
https://www.axios.com/2024/03/23/house-republicans-chaos-majority-motion-vacate

Anonymous wrote:Guess he couldn’t take it anymore.

I hadn’t seen that before, thank you for posting it.

Guess he couldn’t take it anymore.

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Please let the era of Speaker Jeffries commence now.

Can a handful of retring GOP please do the right thing?

So people have been asking whether party control has ever switched in the middle of a term. After Election Day in 1930 the Republicans won the majority 218-216, then between then and when Congress actually went into session 14 members-elect had died including Speaker Nicholas Longworth who has a building named for him. All the resulting special elections resulted in a majority for Democrats 219-213. CRAZY.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/politics/house-republicans-now-have-one-of-the-smallest-majorities-in-history/ar-BB1h8YD9?ocid=StaticFallback

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Anonymous wrote:And then there were three.
Kaye Granger has submitted a letter of resignation, according to the Texas Tribune.

She’s stepping down as appropriations chair, and also not running again, but is she leaving Congress early?

She's stepping down from Leadership and isn't running again. I think she'll be the next to leave early. And maybe McHenry. It won't be enough for Jeffries to get the gavel but will put GOP in a bind (of their own making...).

Anonymous wrote:And then there were three.
Kaye Granger has submitted a letter of resignation, according to the Texas Tribune.

She’s stepping down as appropriations chair, and also not running again, but is she leaving Congress early?

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Who you got?

(and there were to be three with Gallagher #1) so it seems like traidtional conservatives are teeing up Jefferies?

Guessing Patrick McHenry. He's been out there critical of his party.

And then there were three.
Kaye Granger has submitted a letter of resignation, according to the Texas Tribune.

Who you got?

(and there were to be three with Gallagher #1) so it seems like traidtional conservatives are teeing up Jefferies?

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Anonymous wrote:another one bites the dust

This is like the slowest motion train wreck I’ve ever seen happen.

So what are the numbers now? 217-213, right?

Yup from Sahil Kapur NBC’s Hill guy:

House math

Ken Buck's last day is today: 218 Rs, 213 Ds

Mike Gallagher is leaving 4/19: 217 Rs, 213 Ds

That's a ONE-VOTE GOP majority. They cannot afford a second defection to pass measures without Democrats.

OK, I'm stupid, but 217 - 213 is 4. That would be a 3 vote majority, no?

Only if those who do not Yay, vote "present". Most of the time those who do not vote "Yay" vote Nay, in which case each vote essentially swings two votes (one positive to one negative).

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Anonymous wrote:another one bites the dust

This is like the slowest motion train wreck I’ve ever seen happen.

So what are the numbers now? 217-213, right?

Yup from Sahil Kapur NBC’s Hill guy:

House math

Ken Buck's last day is today: 218 Rs, 213 Ds

Mike Gallagher is leaving 4/19: 217 Rs, 213 Ds

That's a ONE-VOTE GOP majority. They cannot afford a second defection to pass measures without Democrats.

OK, I'm stupid, but 217 - 213 is 4. That would be a 3 vote majority, no?

NP. If one R votes no on a measure, the vote is 216-214. If two vote no, the vote is 215-215 and doesn’t pass.

Thanks, PP. Wow, I am stupid!

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Granger’s letter acknowledges that there is no chance that they will enact FY25 appropriations in this Congress so let someone else deal with this never-ending idiocy.

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Anonymous wrote:another one bites the dust

This is like the slowest motion train wreck I’ve ever seen happen.

So what are the numbers now? 217-213, right?

Yup from Sahil Kapur NBC’s Hill guy:

House math

Ken Buck's last day is today: 218 Rs, 213 Ds

Mike Gallagher is leaving 4/19: 217 Rs, 213 Ds

That's a ONE-VOTE GOP majority. They cannot afford a second defection to pass measures without Democrats.

OK, I'm stupid, but 217 - 213 is 4. That would be a 3 vote majority, no?

NP. If one R votes no on a measure, the vote is 216-214. If two vote no, the vote is 215-215 and doesn’t pass.

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Anonymous wrote:another one bites the dust

This is like the slowest motion train wreck I’ve ever seen happen.

So what are the numbers now? 217-213, right?

Yup from Sahil Kapur NBC’s Hill guy:

House math

Ken Buck's last day is today: 218 Rs, 213 Ds

Mike Gallagher is leaving 4/19: 217 Rs, 213 Ds

That's a ONE-VOTE GOP majority. They cannot afford a second defection to pass measures without Democrats.

OK, I'm stupid, but 217 - 213 is 4. That would be a 3 vote majority, no?

^^^ additionally,
April 30 - Democrats likely to win NY special - 217 R, 214 D