Summary

The House GOP’s new rules package aims to weaken minority party influence while advancing a pro-corporate agenda.

Key provisions include shielding the House speaker from bipartisan accountability and fast-tracking 12 GOP bills without allowing amendments, including measures to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) and protect fracking.

Democrats, led by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), criticized the package for ignoring economic and social issues like inflation and housing while prioritizing tax cuts for billionaires.

Republicans plan to offset these costs by slashing social programs, sparking warnings of further congressional dysfunction.

  • @Bibbiliop
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    1093 days ago

    But they did vote for this. Whenever I saw Trump speak, he always emphasized on how he will do tax breaks to the big corps. He never proposed a solution on how to help the working class people.

    • @laserm
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      72 days ago

      His idea on helping working class is blaming it all on immigrants.

    • @ours
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      202 days ago

      His idea of “helping the working class” consists of tariffs that don’t work the way he says they do and a very likely catastrophic mass deportation program.

      And people did vote for those somehow.

      • @NotMyOldRedditName
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        32 days ago

        Some of it yes, but the leopards face eating feast wouldn’t exist if they actually got what they thought they were getting. They’re just idiots.

    • @Fades
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      123 days ago

      Less than half of all eligible voters voted. Yes, non voters essentially voted for Trump but it’s not the same thing as literally voting for and endorsing the dumb demented fat fascist.

      The majority of eligible voters are just morons that have been successfully distracted and confused (because they’re so dumb).

      There is value in the distinction, even tho that value may be quite small in context

      • @[email protected]
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        143 days ago

        Non voters are even more dumb than Trump voters… at least Trump voters understand the very simple fact that there is power in voting.

      • @[email protected]
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        102 days ago

        but it’s not the same thing as literally voting for and endorsing the dumb demented fat fascist.

        In a two party political system it is. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

        • @Treczoks
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          52 days ago

          Just like Hitler. He got 33%.

          • @NotMyOldRedditName
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            It’s like a magic number for people. You can often find at least 25-30% of people that’ll agree to something in politics/views no matter how terrible it would be for them, and the GOP has them locked down.