#house republicans

[stanthejokemanshow]

This is a great parody about one of the most vile women in the country and the UNmen who run her!

#trump 2024 #marjorie taylor greene #gop house #gop #democrats #house democrats #house republicans

[liberalsarecool]

Republicans create and promote local, national, and international problems. The solution is not the goal. Nor are good faith discussions.

Speaker Mike Johnson proves this point. ^^^

The goal is to maintain voter discontent through gross GOP inaction.

#immigration #House Republicans

[contemplatingoutlander]

"1 Thing" | The Lincoln Project

Name one material, meaningful, significant thing the Republican Party has done with their majority… We’ll wait. 🦗🦗🦗🦗

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

REP. CHIP ROY: I want my Republican colleagues to give me one thing, ONE... that I can go campaign on and say we did. ONE! [🦗CRICKETS CHIRPING 🦗] REP. CHIP ROY: Anybody sitting in the complex, if you want to come down to the floor and come explain to me one material, meaningful, significant thing the Republican majority has done… [🦗CRICKETS CHIRPING 🦗]

Nothing more to add.

#1 thing #chip roy #house republicans #the lincoln project #youtube video #my gifs #Youtube

[gwydionmisha]

Matt Gaetz is shocked that his actions occasionally might have consequences.

#Matt Gaetz #Kevin McCarthy #House Republicans #News #Mike Johnson

[kp777]

By Jessica Corbett

Common Dreams

April 3, 2024

"This Republican budget is an attack on seniors, veterans, and the middle class," said the House Budget Committee's top Democrat.

U.S. House Budget Committee Democrats on Wednesday released a tool to help Americans understand how a newly unveiled Republican plan to cut Social Security "would hurt families across America."

The panel's Democrats targeted the Republican Study Committee (RSC), which includes around 80% of the chamber's GOP members and last month released a budget proposal for fiscal year 2025 that, according to Social Security Works president Nancy Altman, shows "the Republican Party is the party of cutting Social Security and Medicare, while giving tax handouts to billionaires."

Congressman Brendan Boyle, (D-Pa.), the House Budget Committee's ranking member, said at the time that Republicans had "now gone further than ever with their attacks" on the key programs, noting that their "extreme budget explicitly calls for cutting Social Security benefits for millions of Americans, ending Medicare as we know it, and making trillions in devastating cuts that would raise the cost of living for working families."

"Instead of saving Social Security and Medicare by making billionaires pay their fair share, House Republicans would rather break the sacred promise that every American should be able to retire with dignity. This Republican budget is an attack on seniors, veterans, and the middle class," he added.

Boyle also pledged that President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats "will fight to ensure it never becomes reality."

Nationally, the committee's Democrats warn on the webpage that hosts their new tool, the RSC plan would force "Americans to work longer for less" and "cut Social Security benefits for 257 million people, or 3 in 4 Americans."

The tool enables Americans to see how Republicans' proposal would impact each congressional district. For example, raising the retirement age for Americans 59 and younger would cut Social Security benefits for 620,000, or 80% of people in Pennsylvania's 2nd Congressional District, which Boyle represents. Statewide, it would affect 9.6 million—or 74% of residents.

RSC Chair Kevin Hern represents Oklahoma's 1st Congressional District. The plan would impact 630,000, or 79% of people there, according to the tool. Across the state, 3.1 million—77%—would face cuts.

The tool says that in Louisiana's 4th Congressional District, represented by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, 590,000, or 76% of people, would see cuts. The state total would be 3.6 million—also 77%.

The RSC plan for the next fiscal year—which begins in October—followed the release of budget proposals from Biden and House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington (R-Texas), who is leading the fight for a fiscal commission that critics call a "death panel" designed to force through Social Security and Medicare cuts.

Biden, who is seeking reelection this year and expected to face former Republican President Donald Trump, has vowed to "protect and strengthen" the programs. Social Security Works' Altman has praised the president's proposal and warned that "Social Security is on the ballot this November."

#medicare #social security #house republicans #2024 elections

[wardsutton]

My Cartoon for the Los Angeles Times.

#ward sutton #sutton impact #editorial cartoons #editorial cartoon #political cartoons #cartoons #political cartoon #cartoon #la times #los angeles times #house speaker #speaker of the house #house gop #house republicans #matt gaetz #kevin mccarthy #lauren boebert #mchenry #house of representatives

[luckydiorxoxo]

House Republicans have failed to pass a last-ditch funding bill, making a government shutdown starting this Sunday, October 1, almost certain.

A shutdown will delay disaster recovery projects, cancer research, and more, while forcing federal employees to work without pay.

All five government shutdowns in the past 30 years occurred when Republicans had control of the House, and four of those were when the GOP had full control of Congress.

This is what REPUBLICANS TRIED TO PASS TODAY:

House GOP wanted to advance a bill that cuts by at least 30%:

- Housing subsidies 4 poor

- Medical research 4 cancer etc

- SSA offices

- Nutrition aid 4 pregnant moms

- Head Start

- EPA

- NASA

- Justice Dept

- LIHEAP

- Toxic waste cleanup

- & much more

#government shutdown #us government #maga #republicans #house republicans #gop

[tomorrowusa]

Tim Miller at The Bulwark shows that there is no such such thing as a "moderate" Republican in the US House of Representatives.

The caucus, as of early Tuesday, is falling in line behind MAGA extremist Gym Jordan.

As Tim explains, it would take only 5 Republicans to vote against Jordan out of the 221 in the House. That's just 2.27% of House Republicans.

It's helpful to know that 18 House Republicans represent districts carried by Joe Biden. They need to be more afraid of being defeated in 2024 than they are of a weasel like Gym Jordan.

If you are represented by one of these 18, contact their offices in Washington (before 10 AM EDT Tuesday) and let them know you'll work and donate to defeat them if they vote to confirm a January 6th coup-plotter. Over a dozen are indeed from very blue states.

There are very few MAGA extremists worse than Gym Jordan in the House; I estimate they are in the high single digits.

If you need contact information for your rep, enter your ZIP+4 here at the House site...

Find Your Representative | house.gov

In addition to those 18, if you have a GOP rep who's NOT a member of the "Freedom Caucus" it may be worth an attempt to poke their conscience if they haven't yet committed to Jordan.

EDIT: A group called the Republican Accountability Project released an anti-Jordan ad which few Democrats would probably disagree with.

#tim miller #us house of representatives #speaker of the house #gym jordan #house republicans #craven republicans #spineless republicans #cowardly republicans #shameful republicans #republicans in districts carried by biden #so-called 'moderate' republicans #election 2024

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

A stunt impeachment inquiry.

December 13, 2023

ROBERT B. HUBBELL

          House Republicans will vote to open an impeachment inquiry of President Biden on Wednesday. Why? They can’t say—because they don’t know. Oh, sure, they have baseless conspiracy theories—but no evidence (a common situation with conspiracy theories). So, because they have no evidence to support baseless conspiracy theories, they argue they need an impeachment inquiry to help them pursue imaginary evidence—thereby maintaining the illusion of corruption where none exists.

          Of course, the real reason they will open an impeachment inquiry is because Donald Trump told them to do so. Trump was impeached twice—a level of disgrace achieved by no other president. Trump's solution is to denigrate and debase impeachment so he can argue that impeachments are nothing more than partisan retribution. As always, Trump seeks to undermine the institutions that dare to hold him accountable. Here, he is assaulting the Constitution because its provisions were (rightly) applied in a way never before witnessed in the history of our nation.

          The efforts of House Republicans to evade answering the “Why impeach Joe Biden” question would have been funny if they were not tragic and dangerous. Indeed, several House Republicans admitted that they did not have evidence to impeach Joe Biden—which is why (they claim) they need to open an impeachment inquiry. See Talking Points Memo, As They Admit There’s No Evidence, House Republicans Will Still Greenlight Impeachment Inquiry.

          The tragedy of the stunt impeachment inquiry is that it comes at a time when congressional Republicans are failing at every level in discharging their constitutional duties. Ukrainian President Zelensky visited with President Biden and senior congressional leaders on Tuesday—and left empty-handed. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell—a strong ally of Ukraine—expressed doubt that Congress will authorize additional funds for Ukraine before January, a month after the US will reportedly run out of funds earmarked for Ukraine. See Politico, McConnell: Border-Ukraine deal this year ‘practically impossible’.

          But if action on funding Ukraine is delayed until January, it will be swept into the maelstrom of two deadlines for government shutdowns. Current government funding expires on January 19 and February 2, 2024. While Senate negotiators are reportedly hard at work to reach a compromise, any compromise requires resolving intractable, decades-old issues relating to the management of the US southern border. By tying funding for Ukraine to the resolution of long-standing immigration issues in the US, congressional Republicans seem to be carrying water for Vladimir Putin and (therefore) Donald Trump. 

          Speaker Mike Johnson set an unattainable bar in setting conditions for aid to Ukraine. He said,

What the Biden administration seems to be asking for is billions of additional dollars with no appropriate oversight, no clear strategy to win and with none of the answers that I think the American people are owed.

          Johnson is demanding that the US exercise “oversight” of Ukraine’s “strategy” for defeating an invading Russian army. As the brave Ukrainian people have demonstrated, their “strategy” is to resist Putin’s vastly larger army with every ounce of determination and bravery they can muster. That bravery has held the Russian army at bay for more than 600 days, a stupendous achievement that continues to defy predictions that Ukraine would collapse in a week. The Ukrainian bravery and battlefield success is apparently not enough for the milquetoast Mike Johnson.

          President Biden responded to the vacuous, mealy-mouthed statement by Johnson, saying it was a “Christmas gift” to Vladimir Putin. Biden also noted that news commentators in Russia’s state-controlled broadcast network celebrated the Republican stonewalling of aid to Ukraine. Biden said,

This host of a Kremlin-run show said: ‘Well done, Republicans. That’s good for us,’” If you’re being celebrated by Russian propagandists, it might be time to rethink what you’re doing. History, history will judge harshly those who turn their back on freedom’s cause.

          The GOP’s impeachment and the reluctance to provide more military aid to Ukraine are rooted in Donald Trump's scheme to use his control over Republicans in Congress to inflict political damage on Biden—even if that vendetta hurts the interests of the American people and its allies.

          The good news (explained below) is that Democrats are making progress toward regaining control of the House. Indeed, Speaker Johnson’s stunt impeachment and abandonment of Ukraine will hasten that outcome.

[Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter]

#Robert B. Hubbell #Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter #stunt impeachment #Ukraine #Russia #Russian interference #war in Ukraine #Putin #House Republicans #Kremlin caucus

[aunti-christ-ine]

#jack smith #house republicans #hold them accountable #mike pence #decertfy #2020 election #magats #accountability

[reading-writing-revolution]

This is magnificent!

Hilarious and insightful stuff from Moskowitz. The whole clip is worth watching.

https://x.com/atrupar/status/1707470119218139277?t=dP05w5Sq9IpmUThScxn2ag&s=09

#politics #house republicans #impeachment

[govtshutdown]

#HouseFail

#government shutdown? #congress #house of representatives #continuing resolution #government shutdown #one week left #House Republicans #House GOP #FY2024

[contemplatingoutlander]

House Republicans censuring Adam Schiff says more about them than him

The Editorial Board of The Washington Post rightly calls out the House Republicans for weaponizing the House to punish one of Trump's enemies, after Trump threatened to primary the 20 Republicans who initially voted against censuring him.

Here are some excerpts from the editorial:

Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) became on Wednesday just the third member of Congress to be censured in the past 40 years. The party-line vote reflected worse on the House Republicans who pushed it through than it did on Mr. Schiff. The resolution accuses the former House Intelligence Committee chairman of falsely claiming that Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign colluded with the Russian government. Mr. Schiff responded that Paul Manafort, as chairman of Mr. Trump’s campaign, provided internal campaign polling data to a Russian intelligence operative amid widespread Kremlin efforts to assist Mr. Trump. Experts can debate whether that technically constitutes collusion. But this semantic question is hardly the basis for a censure motion. Contrary to what many Trump supporters claim, the investigation by Robert S. Mueller III never exonerated Mr. Trump. Indeed, the special counsel’s report laid out significant evidence of obstruction of justice. It’s indisputable that Russia interfered in the 2016 election on Mr. Trump’s behalf. [...] After 20 Republicans voted last week with Democrats to table the censure resolution, Mr. Trump wrote on social media that he’d support primary challengers against them. (Mr. Schiff had spearheaded Mr. Trump’s first impeachment and played a leading role on the select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.) When the resolution came up again Wednesday, this time without a threat to fine Mr. Schiff $16 million, most of those Republicans capitulated. In so doing, they weakened the power of congressional censure as an official rebuke reserved for egregious conduct — and, in the process, made themselves appear to be the wrongdoers. [color emphasis added]

#house republicans #adam schiff #republicans weaponizing congress #trump #house republicans are corrupt #editorial board #the washington post

[gwydionmisha]

#House Republicans #Immigration #News

[kp777]

From the article:

"46% of republican and Republican-leaning independents in this poll agree with the majority of the public at large. They don't think that Republican leaders in Congress are on the right priorities."

Read more.

#u.s. house of representatives #house republicans #republicans

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

By Sharon Parrott

It’s tempting to ignore a budget resolution released just days before the start of the fiscal year that it’s meant to guide, and amid the chaotic debate around a short-term extension of government funding to avoid a shutdown. But House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington’s proposed budget is important for what it illustrates about House Republicans’ disturbing vision for the country: health care stripped away from millions of people, higher poverty and hunger, capitulation to climate change, more tax cheating by high-income people, and large-scale disinvestment from the building blocks of opportunity and economic growth—from medical research to education to child care. It would narrow opportunity, worsen racial inequities, and make it harder for people to afford the basics. It reflects the wrong priorities for the country and should be roundly rejected.

Chair Arrington made clear in his remarks the intent to extend the expiring tax cuts from the 2017 tax law, which included large tax cuts for the wealthy. In addition, the budget resolution itself would pave the way for unlimited, unpaid-for tax cuts that could go well beyond those extensions. The extensions alone would give annual tax breaks averaging $41,000 to tax filers in the top 1 percent and cost more than $350 billion a year, the Congressional Budget Office estimates. The budget reflects none of these costs and fails to explain how—or whether—they will be offset.

A shocking share of the spending cuts Chair Arrington specifies target people with low and moderate incomes, including $1.9 trillion in Medicaid cuts and hundreds of billions in cuts to economic security programs, such as cuts to assistance that helps people afford food and other basic needs. Just last week the Census Bureau released data showing that poverty spiked last year, more than doubling for children. Rather than proposing policies that could reverse this deeply troubling trend, the budget proposal would deepen poverty and increase hardship.

The budget would also make deep cuts in the part of the budget that is funded annually through appropriations bills. Disingenuously, the budget resolution shows that these cuts total more than $4 trillion over ten years—but hides the program areas that would be cut, labeling them “government-wide savings.” But this year’s House Appropriations bills—which include substantial cuts—make clear that cuts would fall on a wide range of basic functions and services that support families, communities, and the broader economy, including Social Security customer service, support for K-12 and college education, funding for national parks and clean air and water, rental housing assistance for families with low incomes, and more.

Chair Arrington claims the budget’s deep and damaging program cuts are in the name of deficit reduction. But the failure to identify a single revenue increase for high-income people or corporations—and in fact, to potentially shower them with more unpaid-for tax cuts—is an extreme and misguided approach. Moreover, calling for a balanced budget in ten years is merely a slogan that has little to do with addressing our nation’s needs—and the budget resolution resorts to gimmicks and games to even appear to get there, including $3 trillion in deficit reduction it claims would accrue from higher economic growth it assumes would be achieved by budget policies.

A budget plan should focus on the nation’s needs and lay out an agenda that broadens opportunity, invests in people and families, reduces the too-high levels of hardship and financial stress faced by households across the country, and raises revenues for those investments. But the Arrington budget blueprint would shortchange much-needed investments and lock in wasteful tax cuts to the already wealthy for the next decade.

House Republicans are pursuing a damaging agenda at every turn—first threatening the nation with default, and now demanding deep cuts in an array of priorities in this year’s appropriations debate, risking a government shutdown, and proposing a budget blueprint that would take the country in the wrong direction.

#us politics #news #common dreams #2023 #republicans #conservatives #rep. Jodey Arrington #house budget committee #house republicans #us house of representatives #federal budget #trump tax cuts #trump 2017 tax cuts #congressional budget office #Medicaid cuts #social security cuts #House Appropriations committee #federal deficit #op eds #Sharon Parrott