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Must be nice to be able to just decide not to work for almost 2 months
Yeah, and they just had a month off. They've been back like 2 weeks.
There only so much that the Senate can do without the House. This is dereliction of duty, and Mike Johnson needs to suffer some consequences. Discharge petition, maybe? The House should absolutely not be in recess right now. If anything, this should be the nail in the coffin for their majority.
Dems can just air ads saying "House Republicans decided to take two months off right before this election? Why? Because they care more about campaigning for the job than actually doing the work that the job requires. Costs are up, debt is up, the illegal war is a failure, and people are getting sick; instead of working to find solutions, they're running home scared."
Republicans either think that they just need to hide and run out the clock to win a rigged election, or they're spending two months campaigning their asses off to try to win elections they have no business winning, given the state of things. Either way, it's disqualifying to subvert democracy in this way.
So pretty much like the last 22 months?
Good, the post-Midterm Congress will be much more hostile toward Hegseth. I'd rather have THAT Congress voting on him.
The Dems, should they win, would not take control of congress till Jan 2027. The GOP would probably force the vote before the end of the session, while GOP is still majority, and then howl 'Witch Hunt' if the Dems try to bring it back again.
This, of course presumes the Dems don't completely fuck this up, which historically, is what they seem best at.
The dems aren't incompetent, they're complicit.
presumes the Dems don't completely fuck this up, which historically, is what they seem best at.
Nobody can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory better!
I suppose that's a good point, so long as the midterms actually go well for the Dems.
The only change in Congress after the midterms will be that there will be some lame ducks and some congresspeople that can make unpopular votes because they don't fear their voters. The new Congress won't be seated until January.
Johnson is such a little bitch.
We should all stop working and paying taxed, and just go on vacation too. Not one penny until they come back to work.
So they are confident they will win the mid-terms. This should set alarm bells ringing, if that's not already the case.
I think it just means they care more about the midterms than they care about Hegseth.
That’s what MJ does best. Vacation.
It's absolutely bonkers how he's always running away from the most mild of questions, too.
He's apparently the least informed motherfucker on the planet because he's 1) so busy delivering shit for "the American people" like that shittastic bill they bragged about last year, because that's what people voted for, while 2) simultaneously not being in session very much at all.
Of all the smug little fuckers that are so detestable that are collaborating with this administration, this Keebler elf is one of the most annoying. He always acts like he's such a good like Boy Scout, too, and so squeaky clean or something.
Those fuckers aren't working and shouldn't be paid.
The real money isn't over the table anyway, but they won't even do that as a gesture. They absolutely don't care.
I hate that I like this from a polling perspective but jfc he's murdering children
The Squeaker of the House strikes again.
JFC, he's such a pussy.
That's what I would call a bunch of cowards.
If they're not there, why can't dems just impeach him since they can vote and retardicans abstain and choose no vote. Im confused -fellow American
They lack governmental authority to open the legislature and even if they had it they'd lack quorum.
The quorum question isn't addressed automatically, it's only meaningful of someone raises it during the vote, if no question is raised the majority is assumed and the vote can pass or fail with whoever is there.
Of course he did. Doing his job is too hard after all.
Less things the all red congress can pass before blue takes over at least 1 chamber.
They'll hustle in the lame duck session but I still call this a win.