• @[email protected]
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    1 year ago

    The freedom caucus can only block nominees if no compromise is made with dems. The gop can give concessions and have a speaker tomarrow if they like.

    If they dont, then the house will have no speaker, and the GOP will get no bills passed of any type. The budget will be CRs until the election because none of the middle of the road GOP wants the shutdown fallout.

    Then, hopefully all these clowns get walloped.

    • @kbotc
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      111 year ago

      No bills can be brought without a speaker, so no CRs until a speaker is elected. The temp running the show has 3 powers: He can call a recess, adjourn, and call a vote for the speaker. That’s it. No other legislation passes unless they can get off their asses and put in a speaker.

      • @Anamnesis
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        71 year ago

        Can’t the pro tempore bring bills before the house?

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        Which would also imply they can’t bring an impeachment vote in front of the House.

        I’ve been saying for a while now that the best way to fight fascism (before it gets to its terrible end state) is to push them to fight each other in purity contests. This is a good example.

      • @Agent641
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        21 year ago

        Can the govt shutdown proceed without a speaker?

        • @nelly_man
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          61 year ago

          Yes. A government shutdown is what happens when Congress fails to pass a law that allows the federal government the necessary funds to operate. If the House is unable to pass such a law, the federal government will shut down.

        • @Dkarma
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          01 year ago

          Oh yeah. 40 some days left.

          Conservatives can’t govern.