BREAKING: Republicans plan to immediately adjourn House today.

[brooklynite]

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[dalton99a]

1. Kick

[drray23]

2. interesting development.

This probably means McCarthy does not have the votes and they need to regroup to figure out whom to nominate if he bows out.

[bdamomma]

7. McCarthy

will not bow out, this is what he wanted for years. Just my opinion.

[Fullduplexxx]

22. He doesn't have the votes and the good is mad at then for making them look like fools

[CentralMass]

3. It is taking longer to get the rubles then anticipated.

[ananda]

19. I'm sure George Santos has plenty.

But he's probably not sharing.

[Renew Deal]

4. It will be interesting to see what the rogue 19 choose to do on an adjournment vote.

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Join Democrats or not. Democrats only need 6 republicans.

EDIT: The vote didn't happen.

[niyad]

38. Why would we trust any of them??

[oldsoftie]

42. You think any of THAT bunch of rubes would vote for Jeffries? nt

[Renew Deal]

61. No, this is about adjournment, which didn't happen.

[oldsoftie]

65. Oh ok. Got it. Would've been something tho...

[GB_RN]

58. Those Traitors Won't Join The Democrats...

They're mostly from the Freedumb Caucus, and mostly election deniers and the equivalent of feces-flinging, circus monkeys. If any GOPers join Democrats in a consensus vote, it will be ones from the "Problem Solvers Caucus".

[lindysalsagal]

60. Sounds like an opportunity, to me. Wonder what they'll trade for the votes?

I'd want them to put the oversight committee back together and ditch the fake hearings about fake conspiracy theories.

[mobeau69]

5. Fuck that shit.

McCarthy wants the Orange Traitor to whip the holdouts today.

[hlthe2b]

12. Yup... that's his only chance.

[NCjack]

24. Bring in a ton of Russian oil dollars. Buy the votes of the

Never-Kevin MAGAt members.

[mobeau69]

26. Nothing's off the table for these asshats. The country be damned.

[jaxexpat]

53. He'd be a fool to assume TFG has the stick to influence anything.

[Hotler]

6. Dock their pay. nt

[AZSkiffyGeek]

8. They aren't getting paid yet

They haven't been sworn in...

[Hotler]

25. What? Are elected officals sworn in every year or just at the begining of their term?

My post was about those already holding seats. Not the newbies

[maxsolomon]

46. No one is seated yet, even those re-elected.

Everyone gets sworn in AFTER the leadership is selected.

[hlthe2b]

15. Theoretically they are NOT getting paid since they have not been sworn in...

Of course, the R's either don't know that or figure that they figure that they will quickly pass some backend measure to get them paid after the fact.

[DENVERPOPS]

40. To be honest

I don't think that the majority of members of the house (or senate for that matter) give a rats ass about their salaries............

There is so much money to be gotten by being a U.S. Politician, other than their normal pay........

Why else would there be millions or tens of millions spent, just to get a job that pays 200K? a year along with some rather juicy benefits???????

I would love to see an accurate, truthful statement as to the worth of every last member of the house and senate........and the massive increases in many of them, in their net worth, since gaining office.......


Again, my thoughts turn to the French guy in the 1700's, when our Democracy was first established, when he said:

"Democracy will work until some group or politicians figure out that they can vote themselves money".........

[oldsoftie]

43. And here is the whole truth in a nutshell!

[Walleye]

9. Chickening out and running away 🎵

[Ocelot II]

17. Apparently.

[Walleye]

20. My thoughts exactly

[Hugh_Lebowski]

34. Bravely taking to his feet, he beat a very brave retreat (nt)

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. But can enough of them agree to do so? What does the batshit cray-cray caucus say?

[underpants]

32. This will be interesting to watch - can they get it together enough to basically not do anything?

[Hugh_Lebowski]

36. Good one!

[Takket]

11. I hope the Biden sucks because gas and inflation"

Crowd is very pleased with their choices so far.

Look at how quick the gop is fixing it!!

[Botany]

13. Pay no attention to that dumpster fire .... You are really not seeing it.

Guess they want to close the US Capitol so the media doesn't get video of the moving of "McCarthy's Stuff"
back out of the Speaker's office.

[Walleye]

21. Throw it out the window on the lawn

[Ocelot II]

14. So they won't be reading the Constitution on the floor of the House today, either?

[underpants]

29. Oh yeah. I'd forgotten about that

It’s like their own built in filibuster. Trying to avoid putting their name on anything.

[Freddie]

16. Force them to carry the votes to term

[dalton99a]

18. +1

[Gore1FL]

23. If they (rightfully) invoked the 14th on their own insurrectionist members

I wonder if McCarthy would have the vote. At first glance, it seems like they make up much of his opposition, and little of his support.

[caraher]

56. I wonder if Jefferies would then have the vote

Might actually tip the balance to the Democrats, right? At least until they could be replaced...

[Crazyleftie]

27. no other republican has the votes either

I see a looooong stalemate

[Mr. Sparkle]

28. The longer this goes on, the less time they have for their fake investigations

It's a win-win for us.

[Renew Deal]

31. Doesn't look like this is real

They just nominated McCarthy

[Hortensis]

33. Byron Donalds switched yesterday from McCarthy to Jordan,

a leader of the renegade crazies who can actually make McCarthy look fairly mainstream in comparison.

Republicans have now made history by nominating a second black members for speaker (our Jeffries the first), but that's not the reason for nominating him, they do not seek to judge people by the color of their skin.

[Marcuse]

54. That was the most cynical move of the day. Not Herschel Walker class, but still...

[Hortensis]

59. :) I think it was supposed to be an aspiring and inspiring opening

to their party's second day, or at least a bit of a reset. The seditionist party's version. Both Republican candidates, including Donalds, voted to stop certification and the transfer of power. We just aren't able to appreciate it.

Maybe in its way it was also exactly Herschel Walker class.

[Doc Sportello]

35. Nope

They are voting. There have been so many wrong predictions from pundits and posters, maybe they should just wait and see.

[Traildogbob]

37. McCarthy could not get

Enough votes to adjourn. They are voting now and Kevin has lost already. 8 votes for the new Florida Black mascot. Really. A freshman not even sworn in to take highest position in GQP. I need a different snack. Popcorn is getting old. Maybe we should break out the Kale. We should take shots every vote against Kev. Be a lot if trunk Dems out here.

[republianmushroom]

39. Guess there is plenty of left over pizza. Party did go as good as you though, Kevin

[wryter2000]

41. Dems and the maniacs won't let them

[Ohio Joe]

44. Good...

Drag it out pukes… Show your inability to do anything… I hope to watch the shit show for a long time.

What a bunch of maroons

[oldsoftie]

45. I cant believe none of the ass kissers have nominated Trump. nt

[ancianita]

47. If they take long enough, Santos could be indicted.

[bobbyar]

48. Kevin still saddled with Dumpy ! bad move !

[llmart]

49. I guess he didn't get the memo...

that hitching your wagon to the Orange One isn't the best idea. Everything he touches dies, even Kevvy's dream of becoming Speaker of the House.

[Maru Kitteh]

55. WELCOME TO DU! What a very FUN TIME to join :-)

Welcome to our crazy little community!

[bobbyar]

62. thank's - reading for about 2 yrs. desided to join in the fun .

[mgardener]

50. I'm telling all of you.

Watch out for Elise Stefanik.
She is a slippery, self promoting, snaking in the grass.
She has Trump's support and she supports him.

She got rid of Liz Cheney.
She will do anything to promote herself

[Maru Kitteh]

57. They would love to replace Nancy with a Trump Zombie nt

[ShazzieB]

51. I see that the GOP did not succeed with their adjournment plan.

I didn't get a chance to turn on the TV or go online until a little, so I'm playing catch up lol. And it looks like they're doing a fifth vote, and Boebert just nominated Byron Donalds.

Did she refer to Trump as "the president" just now?

[Warpy]

52. If a miracle happens and enough of them walk out in a huff

but not enough of them to keep the House adjourned and Jeffries wins a Speaker vote, one hopes the ones who storm out will be censured, or in the cases of assholes like Greene. Boebert, Gosar, Jordam, and a few others, are expelled, forcing the states to hold special elections with real candidates instead of obsessed morons, maybe this can turn out OK.

There are constitutional remedies for disruptive assholes. There just need to be enough adults in the room to use them.

[rickford66]

63. Dems don't have Russian money coming in if they don't get paid.

The Maga's have multiple sources of income.

[nuxvomica]

64. So they've accomplished what the insurrectionists failed to do

They've broken Congress.