Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 16:55     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Time for McCarthy to step aside.


Get comfortable. He said that he will not withdraw. There is a good side to this. Nothing can be done by the House until there is a Speaker.


No one will get paid until there is a Speaker. Something will happen ... soon.


This is Day 2. How long will this go on? Five days? Next week? Longer? Or tomorrow?
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 16:53     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Time for McCarthy to step aside.


Get comfortable. He said that he will not withdraw. There is a good side to this. Nothing can be done by the House until there is a Speaker.


No one will get paid until there is a Speaker. Something will happen ... soon.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 16:51     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:Time for McCarthy to step aside.


Get comfortable. He said that he will not withdraw. There is a good side to this. Nothing can be done by the House until there is a Speaker.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 16:50     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:When is the debt limit vote? Prepare now people. We are going to default.


Oh there's no question on that one.


I can't believe the Ds didn't do something on this when they were still in charge. It's like leaving a loaded gun out in a house full of toddlers.


Debt ceiling is good until at least July or August. In the lame duck session, Democrats passed what could get enough Republican votes in the Senate.

Yes, this.

PALEEZE people. Stop blaming Democrats for GOP dysfunction. They have been bomb throwers for so long we have accepted this. NO, this is unacceptable. There is no bOth SidEs.

Again, ANY 6 Team Normal GOP could cross the aisle and make Jefferies Speaker or nominate a R who Dems believe would act in good faith.

It's not Dems fault the GOP wants to burn this all down.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 16:47     Subject: Re:Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:This is reality TV. And in the end, Kevin will get his votes and this will all prove to be pointless. How many times are you people played by these vain bozos? All they want is attention. And the media is complicit in ginning this fake nonsense to drive the clicks and eyeballs.



C-SPAN? Or the Twitterati?
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 16:46     Subject: Re:Speaker of the House Vote Thread
This is reality TV. And in the end, Kevin will get his votes and this will all prove to be pointless. How many times are you people played by these vain bozos? All they want is attention. And the media is complicit in ginning this fake nonsense to drive the clicks and eyeballs.

Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 16:41     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:When is the debt limit vote? Prepare now people. We are going to default.


Oh there's no question on that one.


I can't believe the Ds didn't do something on this when they were still in charge. It's like leaving a loaded gun out in a house full of toddlers.


Debt ceiling is good until at least July or August. In the lame duck session, Democrats passed what could get enough Republican votes in the Senate.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 16:39     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:Do we know who’s voting against him? I don’t see it in reports


It's been the same 20 for the last few votes:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/03/politics/20-republicans-voted-against-mccarthy
Plus now Spartz is voting Present instead of for McCarthy.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 16:37     Subject: Re:Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 16:34     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:A source claimed on CNN that these meetings between the HFC and McCarthy's team could take weeks


New member and committee staff can’t be onboarded. Committee staff (majority Democratic) remain frozen. Congress doesn’t get paid.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 16:31     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Do we know who’s voting against him? I don’t see it in reports
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 16:31     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:When is the debt limit vote? Prepare now people. We are going to default.


Oh there's no question on that one.


I can't believe the Ds didn't do something on this when they were still in charge. It's like leaving a loaded gun out in a house full of toddlers.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 16:29     Subject: Re:Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:Do any of the people the HFC is throwing out there even want the job?

Well Jordan clearly didn’t since he nominated McCarthy.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 16:28     Subject: Re:Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Do any of the people the HFC is throwing out there even want the job?
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 16:27     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:McCarthy can’t muster 218 votes to adjourn. Gaetz and co. are letting him twist in the wind.


Wait—is that true? They can’t adjourn without a majority either? I have been puzzling over why KM keeps holding votes with no prospect of a change.


Poor Kevin! If they keep him there until midnight then I will force a 1/4 tear from each eye because I feel so sorry for him!