▲ 211 ▼ Kevin McCarthy’s Final Act of Retribution Totally Screws Over the House GOP (www.thenation.com) submitted 2 years ago by psychothumbs@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 33 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) i guess... they were pretty much already useless before he left, its not like much has changed permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cogman@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (1 child) This actually changes a lot. If house republicans put up particularly MAGAy bills, their fellow members in tight districts can't safely either not vote or vote against those bills. Otherwise, their vote will be used against them in campaign ads that very well may end their career. Voting for the bill will upset their moderate voters, voting against will upset the MAGA voters and the rest of the caucus. Traditionally, for more controversial bills, Rs in moderate districts would abstain to stay off the radar. So, to keep the caucus the safest move for the Rs is to not bring up anything (which, notable with the slim majority they have now, they've already slowed bills rolling out). But then Ds can very easily still campaign against the Rs in purple districts for being do-nothing politicians. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Countess425@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago The Government will shutdown on Jan 15th if they don't pass some sort of legislation, and that's also super bad for the "governing" party. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cogman@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (1 child) This actually changes a lot. If house republicans put up particularly MAGAy bills, their fellow members in tight districts can't safely either not vote or vote against those bills. Otherwise, their vote will be used against them in campaign ads that very well may end their career. Voting for the bill will upset their moderate voters, voting against will upset the MAGA voters and the rest of the caucus. Traditionally, for more controversial bills, Rs in moderate districts would abstain to stay off the radar. So, to keep the caucus the safest move for the Rs is to not bring up anything (which, notable with the slim majority they have now, they've already slowed bills rolling out). But then Ds can very easily still campaign against the Rs in purple districts for being do-nothing politicians. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Countess425@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago The Government will shutdown on Jan 15th if they don't pass some sort of legislation, and that's also super bad for the "governing" party. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Countess425@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago The Government will shutdown on Jan 15th if they don't pass some sort of legislation, and that's also super bad for the "governing" party. permalink fedilink source parent