House Democrat Declares, 'Mike Johnson Has Effectively Dissolved the United States House of Representatives'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: MEDIAite

Oct 24th, 2025, 9:11 pm


Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has “effectively dissolved” the House. The House remains out of session amid the ongoing shutdown that began on Oct. 1. Ahead of the shutdown, the House passed a continuing resolution to fund the government beyond that date, but the legislation stalled in the Senate, where it failed to notch the necessary 60-vote procedural threshold.

Seven votes are needed from Democrats, who are demanding an extension of healthcare premium subsidies for Obamacare recipients. So far, congressional Republicans have not budged. Johnson said on Thursday that bringing the House back into session until an agreement is reached would “be a waste of our time.”

On Friday, Smith appeared on MSNBC, where Jason Johnson asked about the Trump administration’s ongoing bombing of Venezuelan boats in international waters. Trump officials allege the boats were carrying drugs. The administration has provided no evidence to justify the bombings, which are legally suspect, according to experts.

“Once you start just randomly killing people from other countries and coming up with a crime to throw on them later, doesn’t that destabilize our relationships with the rest of South America? Doesn’t it make business more difficult?” the host asked. “What are some of the ripple effects of this current insane foreign policy by the administration?” Smith used the question to pivot to House oversight, which is currently nonexistent, thanks to the speaker keeping the chamber out of session.

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[Paladin]

1. Way past time for Democratic leadership to be pressuring Mike Johnson. (nt)

[BumRushDaShow]

5. They have been

Why not blame the voters who keep putting Johnson in office?

[paleotn]

8. Where have you been? Under a rock?

[MorbidButterflyTat]

39. That didn't take long.

[samnsara]

2. when the gop grows a spine and a few of them turn INDY..

then this hell can come to an end. They should turn indy while they are in time out...and give Hakeem the gavel.

[durablend]

3. They can't

They're too afraid of Orange Anus' wrath.

[paleotn]

10. While that would be wonderful, it violates their prime directive.

Getting re-elected.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. We have to protect our phony-baloney jobs, gentlemen!

They could be brave and vote their consciences, except that Trump might send a primary opponent in their general direction.

Harrumph!

[AllaN01Bear]

26. and no pay

[The Madcap]

4. Are there enough moderates out there

To join forces with the democrats to impeach and convict?

It amazes me that any moderate out there would not have seen T**** as having crossed the red line.

What exactly are they afraid of once he's gone?

[lastlib]

7. No

short answer. The "moderates" have been eaten by MAGAts, and the rest are too enthralled by their orange jesus. Said creature and billionaire oligarch buddies own them all.

[BlueKota]

51. I think most moderate Republicans left the party

as soon as the tsf won't the 2016 primary. Not that there were many to begin with.

[paleotn]

9. Not even close.

Even Repukes in swing districts won't do it. They're afraid of being primaried and losing their comfy digs.

[markodochartaigh]

14. Or afraid of being

literally gunned down like the Democratic legislators and their spouses in Minnesota were.

[dflprincess]

15. If they're too afraid to do their jobs

They need to say it out loud and/or resign.

[AllaN01Bear]

27. and remove.

[NNadir]

6. The modern fascist party - formerly known as Republicans - have dissolved the American Democracy.

They are not "conservatives;" they are right wing revolutionaries.

[JohnnyRingo]

12. As long as they're in recess Trump can run rampant over the constitution.

Coincidence? I doubt it.

Congress is the guardrail that keeps a rein on the president, but they have to be there, even pro forma. This is the first time the House has stayed out during a govt shutdown and Trump is using it to tighten his grasp of unitarian power.

I wonder what role republicans in Congress think they'll hold in an American dictatorship? And the Supreme Court as well? The whole point of a dictatorship is removal of red tape to get things done. A dictator needs neither the legislative nor judicial branches to get in his way.

When Kim Jong Un wants to build a nuke plant, he doesn't ask permission or check with the EPA, he orders it done and construction begins immediately. Much like tearing down the White House for a grand ballroom, or starting a war.

[KS Toronado]

13. I'm afraid our Government as we knew it will never reopen

The head asshole doesn't want any more Epstein information given to the voters and he'll
go to unimaginable lengths to keep that from us.

Moving an aircraft carrier into the Caribbean to keep more eyes and guided bombs on everything
that floats is his recipe for starting a war. Then comes Martial law and no elections.

With everything dumpie is doing I have this overwhelming feeling of doom is about to hit us and
elected Rs are afraid to stand up and speak truth to power.

[Joinfortmill]

18. Someone has that info. They need to dump it.

[KS Toronado]

29. If someone did dump all the Epstein info

the wrecker-in-chief would probably tear down the West Wing in retaliation. He's totally unhinged
and elected Rs are too chickenshit to do anything about him.

The only thing that might save this Country is the SCOTUS or some of our Generals who
see the writing on the wall, and those are big ifs.

[markodochartaigh]

16. For everyone wondering why some Republicans

won't grow a spine, here is a refresher. To be clear, I'm not defending them. This is the time when the courage that they ask of soldiers to put their lives on the line, is needed from the legislators themselves.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_shootings_of_Minnesota_legislators

Of course once they do go against Trump and his oiligarchs they will be primaried in the next election and they and their families may still be assassinated after they are out of office.

It is possible to not agree with the Republicans on a single issue and still admit that, on an individual level, they are in a very difficult position, their lives, or democracy.

[dflprincess]

17. And they continue to get paid and have health insurance

There is plenty of work they could be doing & Democrats need to harp on this constantly.

[PSPS]

19. They're on the pad anyway, so they don't depend on congressional salary or benefits.

[Akakoji]

38. On the pad?

[WokeAintWhatIAm]

48. on the pad...

is a slang term for taking pay offs. All of the Congress since Citizen's United do not have to fully disclose all sources of funding. And now they're trying to make bribery legal. Fuck These Bastards...

[PSPS]

20. That's one way to block the epstein discharge petition!

[Jbraybarten]

53. I really think that the GOP is so far up Donnie's ass that they would keep the House closed to prevent the

Epstein vote no matter how long it takes.

[AllaN01Bear]

21. and moscow mitch dosnt have a job

[cbabe]

22. One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure

https://www.wired.com/story/scott-leiendecker-dominion-liberty-votes/

One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure

KIM ZETTER
SECURITY
OCT 16, 2025 10:01

Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states. Election experts don't know what to think.

THE NEWS LAST week that Dominion Voting Systems was purchased by the founder and CEO of Knowink, a Missouri-based maker of electronic poll books, has left election integrity activists confused over what, if anything, this could mean for voters and the integrity of US elections.

The company, acquired by Scott Leiendecker, a former Republican Party operative and election director in Missouri before founding Knowink, said in a press release that he was rebranding Dominion, which has headquarters in Canada and the United States, under the name Liberty Vote “in a bold and historic move to transform and improve election integrity in America” and to distance the company from false allegations made previously by President Donald Trump and his supporters that the company had rigged the 2020 presidential election to give the win to President Joe Biden.

…

Dominion, the second leading provider of voting machines in the US, whose systems are used in 27 states—including the entire state of Georgia—has developed its software in Canada and Belgrade, Serbia, for two decades. A search on LinkedIn shows numerous programmers and other workers in Serbia who claim to be employed by the company.

The Liberty statement does not say whether the company plans to rewrite code developed by these foreign workers—which would potentially involve rewriting hundreds of thousands of lines of code—or whether the company will move foreign developers to the US or replace them with American programmers. (Dominion has a US headquarters in Colorado.) A Liberty official, who agreed to speak on the condition that they not be named, told WIRED only that Leiendecker “is committed to 100 percent … domestic staffing and software development.” An unnamed source told CNN, however, that Liberty will continue to have a presence in Canada, where its machines are used across the country.

Philip Stark, professor of statistics at UC Berkeley and a longtime election-integrity advocate, says Liberty’s assurance about domestic-only workers is a red herring. “If the claim is that this is somehow a security measure, it isn’t. Because programmers based in the US also … may be interested in undermining or altering election integrity,” he tells WIRED.

… more …

(We get all the votes we need from Serbia.)

[calimary]

33. Oh great. I guess the America I grew up loving is only a memory by now.

All I wonder about, at this point, if we will EVER get back to the way it was before Trump big-footed everything in a governmental smash ‘n’ grab.

[electric_blue68]

41. Then we Need the Best White Hats to somehow get in there and monitor ..

these machines!

(White hats are good guy computer hackers)

[Seinan Sensei]

45. "You won't have to vote anymore"

TSF 7/26/24
at Charlie Kirk’s “Turning Point Action” political rally

“You won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what? It’ll be fixed, it’ll be fine. You won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians”

[Icanthinkformyself]

23. Legal and legitimate means of removal

of the cancer are not, apparently, available. It's time for the Democrats to think way outside the box. We may have to put democracy in abeyance to save it. But, there may not be anything to salvage in a few more months. The DNC does not seem to be capable of war time leadership, which is what we've need from them now and have for a couple of decades.

[usonian]

24. And for a reason!

Background:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220735608

[mitch96]

25. It would be interesting to see if this "ploy" was in the project 2025 play book...nt

[Morgunn47]

28. Sue the crap out of them

Why can't someone do what our POS POTUS would do? SUE, SUE, SUE!!!!! Sue Johnson for negligence of duty or whatever for, say, $100,000,000,000 (billion) dollars. I bet shit will start to happen in D.C.real quick.Aren't there any PATRIOTIC lawyers on this site? How about a class action lawsuit against the GOP in Congress? Somebody need to do something NOW! We can't wait for next year's elections to change things around. Does anyone reading this really think that our POS POTUS will allow himself to be voted out, then impeached again, then arrested when he is kicked out, and finally imprisoned for his 34 FELONIES that he has been CONVICTED for? He's a TRAITOR to the Constitution of our great country. In my opinion, he should be charged and convicted for such. Then MAGA, treat treason like the "good old days" either with a rope or firing squad (in my opinion).

[h2ebits]

32. The House voted Johnson into office--and the country (we) are in crisis--time to break the rules. . . .

Yes, I think that we should arrest Johnson for treason, call the House back into session immediately, vote to remove him, and get our government back to working.

What is happening is outrageous!!! WE MUST STOP THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR GOVERNMENT!!

"Let's roll!"

[Seinan Sensei]

46. Time to break rules indeed

"When faced with a demonstrably erroneous precedent, my rule is simple: We should not follow it."
-Clarence Thomas

[mdbl]

30. So there are no repugs in the house that even give a shit about anything?

Couldn't a majority of the house over-ride Johnson if they chose to?

[JoseBalow]

37. Not more than their own greed and ambition, no.

The only thing we can count on Republicans to do, is to watch out for their own self-interests.

[mdbl]

49. I guess the founding feathers never suspected an entire group of weirdos would take hold all at once.

Which is where we are right now.

[popsdenver]

31. I stand back and watch

the pure stupidity and ignorance of all the Republicans in the U.S. House, the Republicans in the U.S. Senate, and the U.S. Supreme Court.....
All of them that have brought and kept Trump in power..........

They are very effectively shooting themselves in the head...........

They will outgrow their usefulness the minute Trump, 2025, and Steven Miller can get big enough with enough power.
There is NO Legislative or Judicial branch in a tyranny/dictatorship.......I guess that thought has not crossed any of their minds.......

[Fiddlelady11]

34. Time for blue ststes

To leave the union!

[Starfury]

35. Getting America used to not having a Legislature, and all power held by the Executive branch

[Lokee11]

36. part of the plan?

https://www.reddit.com/r/FedEmployees/s/BOH8GF9S8b

Seems like it.

[flashman13]

40. History may not repeat but it does rhyme. The U.S. House being closed has a frightening parallel.

On 23 March 1933 (just a little over 7 weeks after Hitler was appointed Chancellor) the German Reichstag (after being purged of all Communist members under the Reichstag Fire Decree which allowed Hilter to arrest and detain "subversives" without trial - sound familiar?) passed the Enabling Act (full German title "Law to Remedy the Distress of People and Reich" - sound familiar). The Enabling Act gave Hitler virtually unlimited emergency (plenary - sound familiar?) powers for four years (sound familiar). Effectively the Reichstag voted itself out of existence except for special sessions to provide Hitler a stage to deliver his major diatribes (sound familiar?).

Is there any real reason to think MAGAt Mike will ever call the House back into session?

[ThoughtCriminal]

42. Perhaps there should be a motion to vacate the Speaker.

As long as they are doing nothing, they might as well perform another circus act.

[BumRushDaShow]

44. That was my first thought too

They changed the Rule with this current Congressional session, from only needing 1 member, to needing at least 9 co-sponsors to do that - all from the majority party. But with these phony Pro-Forma sessions, someone should attempt it as it is a "Privileged Motion," and must be acted on. Maybe bribe MTG to sponsor it and let her rustle up 8 others.

[Warpy]

43. He's right, which is why Democrats need to get in there and do their jobs

since Republicans, led by Johnson, have bothered to work something like 2 days since July and have no intention of doing their jova deom noq on.

My guess is that when debate opens on things that are getting through 100% Democratic committees, a lot of Republicans are going to go back to work whether or not Johnson likes it.

We liare living in some truly bizarre times. It's time for some really bizarre counter measures.

[intrepidity]

47. Imagine what Rs would do in this situation.

And DO THAT! C'mon guys.

[ck4829]

50. Kick

[JustAnotherGen]

52. Article 1 Section 5

Unfortunately we don't have the mechanism that Parliamentary Govts have that enable us to hold new elections when the Govt Fails.

The founders didn't have the framework of 'fascism' or 'dictatorships' to craft the first Ten with those in mind.

Dear Ben Franklin: We've lost it.