House Speaker Kevin McCarthy privately delivered a message to Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell this week: The Senate’s bipartisan bill to keep the government open wouldn’t get a vote in his chamber unless significant changes are made.
And then when the speaker appeared before his conference on Wednesday morning, McCarthy relayed that same message and later made clear he wouldn’t put the Senate bill on the House floor, underscoring the divide between the two most powerful Republicans in Washington at a pivotal moment for the country and their party.
With just days left until government funding runs dry, the two men are at sharp odds as McCarthy is rejecting the deal McConnell cut with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and still trying to rely on House GOP votes to bolster his conference’s negotiating position.
If this shutdown happens will we blame Trump for it like that last one since it’s his syncophants causing on his behalf.
I mean, he HAS been egging on a shutdown. But it doesn’t matter what the informed amongst us think, Fox “news” will spin it that Biden alone shut the government down. And just like everything else the cult will lap it up without a second thought.
To be fair, Trump could go in there and take a giant shit on the middle of the floor. And Fox News would still try to find a way to say that it was Bidens turd. These people are just fucking delusional.
The viewers are delusional, the people working at Fox News are liars.
Now, now. Fox isn’t OANN. They would NEVER suggest that it was President Biden’s turd. It was clearly Hunter Biden’s turd. The real question is why President Biden would pressure his drug addict son into shitting on the floor!
They’d have to test the giant shit. If it’s >80% hamberder, it’s obviously Trump’s.
I mean, duh.
Trump captured bin Laden single-handedly and his economic genius brought us back from the brink of the housing market crashing!
What has China Joe done? Nothing! He tried to muzzle us and put 5g chips in us with those damn vaccines! He’s the reason we’re all destitute. Let’s go, Brandon!
Yeah, the silent majority of 33-40% won’t stand for this!
“The shutdown was 100% caused by our infighting? How can be blame Hunter Biden for this?”
Russia: Republicans! We need help!
Republicans: Best we can do is get rid of all American military leadership and shut down the government.
Pentagon: So, aid to Ukraine is exempt from the shutdown…
Mitch doesn’t scare anybody any more now that he’s only half there.
Every photo of him looks like he’s barely hanging on.
Quite possibly one of the most brutal pieces I’ve seen yet about that
So wrong, but…
I laughed anyway.
I’m not sorry about it either!
I haven’t visited the Hard Times in ages!
He always kinda looked undead.
It’s tougher to notice, since turtles move at a different pace.
X files episode
McCarthy: Well, Mitch, what are you expecting me to do?
Mitch: I think. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Imagine being considered the less mentally capable party leader when the other guy freezes up in interviews and has to be led away by his staff.
Both of these Mccunts can go Mcfuck themselves.
I’d like to upsize that Mcfuck Themselves.
McConnell got played by fascists and now he’s just stunlocked at every corner because he’s old as a white dog turd.
Conservatives have always been losers and frauds. Fuck them for not growing up.
Just lock them both in a room to look blankly at each other and see who can win the outstaring contest.
One of them is going to piss themselves… And I’m not sure which.
One of them in fear, and one of them simply because their bladder was full.
I hope they’re both miserable.
He’s just going to melt. Nothing really matters, just have some quilted Charmin on hand.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
And then when the speaker appeared before his conference on Wednesday morning, McCarthy relayed that same message and later made clear he wouldn’t put the Senate bill on the House floor, underscoring the divide between the two most powerful Republicans in Washington at a pivotal moment for the country and their party.
With just days left until government funding runs dry, the two men are at sharp odds as McCarthy is rejecting the deal McConnell cut with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and still trying to rely on House GOP votes to bolster his conference’s negotiating position.
A number of Senate Republicans and Democrats alike are alarmed that McCarthy is pushing a plan that appears unlikely to pass his own chamber – and has no chance of becoming law – as top GOP lawmakers fear that the divisions within their own party would make it easier for the public to blame them for a damaging impasse.
In recent weeks, Senate GOP lawmakers have been critical of McCarthy’s decision to ignore a bipartisan debt ceiling law the speaker cut this summer that set spending levels for the government.
But under pressure from his right flank, which held the House floor hostage, McCarthy agreed to seek deeper cuts, putting him on a collision course with Republicans and Democrats alike in the Senate who are opposed to that effort.
Unlike when McConnell stayed on the sidelines during the debt ceiling fight and was content to let McCarthy take the reins, the Senate GOP leader worked with Schumer to negotiate a stopgap bill to extend current funding levels for 45 days.
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