Deadbeat politician who never shows up for work https://t.co/4k1H38La4n
— Ragnarok Lobster 🐺 (@eclecticbrotha) March 28, 2024
Remember the FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago?
Speaker Johnson funded the brand new FBI HQ which will be used to go after President Trump and every Republican who stands against the Democrat regime.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) March 26, 2024
And it could not happen to a more deserving little weasel!
Analysis by Paul Kane: House Speaker Johnson (R-La.) faces a unique dilemma as he considers how to handle a proposed security package. He finds himself continuously boxed in by his own side, with legislation — and maybe his job — dependent on the minority. https://t.co/nIPenV8pJD
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 28, 2024
Paul Kane, at the Washington Post — “Speaker Johnson’s only path to legislative salvation: House Democrats”:[gift link]
… That’s because his own Republicans have waged a war against the normal proceedings in the House, with a reactionary right-wing faction torpedoing the parliamentary process to govern debate and allow legislation to pass with a simple majority.
In their pursuit of ideological purity, these conservatives have repeatedly forced Johnson’s hand to make deals with Democrats. For must-pass legislation, Johnson uses a legislative calendar that brings bills to the floor that cannot be amended, get very little debate and need a two-thirds majority — which usually requires anywhere from 180 to 200 Democrats and another 80 to 100 Republicans.
Thus, these far-right Republicans have assured an anti-conservative outcome, over and over, leading to bills approved by the Senate’s Democratic majority and a dozen to two dozen mainstream Republicans.
All of which has left Johnson with very little negotiating room as he heads toward next month’s consideration of the security package, with the Senate having approved, with 70 votes, a $95 billion bloc of funds that makes none of the border and immigration changes the House GOP has been demanding for a year.
House Democrats are fully aware of the unusually powerful hand they have despite their minority status.
“Democrats have repeatedly made clear that we will find bipartisan common ground with our Republican colleagues on any issue, whenever and wherever possible, to take care of the business of the American people,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) told reporters March 21 at a news conference.
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