2015 American Politics Thread: The 114th Congress Is in the House!

oh btw happy birthday Putin. what a marvelous gift to yourself

back in american politics, it looks like the freedom caucus (god i hate typing that) isn't going to vote for mccarthy:

...Just as I was getting ready to push publish on this post, we got word that the 'Freedom Caucus' has chosen to vote for Daniel Webster, a far right member of the House who among other things is closely tied to the now-disgraced, cult leader beloved and followed by the Duggar family.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/if-only-they-had-boehner

looool

While it's unlikely that the 40-or-so member caucus will be enough to thwart McCarthy's selection in the closed-door GOP conference Thursday, their refusal to support him spells trouble for when the issue comes to the full House, where 218 votes will be required to elect the next speaker.

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) suggested Tuesday that Democrats will vote for Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), meaning if enough Republicans continue to resist McCarthy as speaker, it could set the stage for a protracted floor fight.

well this should be fun

these idiots can't seem to accomplish anything without it becoming a fucking fiasco

Don't the parties always vote for their own anyway?

I mean, I've mentioned this before, but in our state assembly a few years ago, the Democratic minority sided with a a minority of Republicans to elevate a moderate GOP candidate to Speaker over the more extreme GOP candidate the majority of Republicans favored.

Now, that's not how it works on the federal level - each party nominates a candidate and then they take a vote. So who gives a fuck what Steny Hoyer has to say?

Pelosi's been saying that for years.

they are inspired in their ability to continue to distract everyone from their refusal to do anything but what needs to be done -- raise taxes on ultra rich assholes

or something like that

is there no thread on Syria? besides MENA? russia is supporting assad, who the U.S. opposes. russia is bombing some but not all of the rebel groups. U.S. is supporting some but not all of those rebel groups. everyone hates ISIS. things are getting even more messed up, somehow.

― 1998 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, October 7, 2015 5:10 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

thanks. keep us posted.

could you get posted, gabb? i mean "crucified".

keep benbbag (flag) posted

could you get posted, gabb? i mean "crucified".

― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, October 7, 2015 9:19 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that some kind of watersports thing?

would have offered a drink after La noire de last night, but decided i was more interested in a run than standing by for post-colonialism

Reports: McCarthy Drops Out Of Speaker Race

welp, you guys ready for a credit default?

fuckin a can these assholes even do anything

you just bumped off your own speaker (has that ever happened btw?) so now what geniuses

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich#Resignation

Speaker Gohmert ftw!

https://twitter.com/cam_joseph/status/652161052340162560

FL Rep Rooney: GOP members "shocked," "crying" after McCarthy announced he's dropping speaker bid. Says Boehner may have to stay.

what a fucking farrago. i hate these people so much. ungovernable.

this is just delightful. what's the over/under on how long it takes to find a candidate suitably multi-faced to satisfy such a diverse caucus of nuts?

i might literally die from laughter if boehner has to return

please let cruz become speaker please please please

hes in the senate tho

plz let Clarence Thomas become speaker

The time has come: Morbz for Speaker.

hes in the senate tho

doesn't matter, Speaker doesn't have to be a member of the House

(for the record)

Speakers don't have to be members of the House, opening the door to the Morbs/Thomas/Cruz troika.

yeesssssss

yeah the constitution only says 'the house shall chose a speaker'

technically its "chuse" wacky old americans..

"The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment."

http://images.sodahead.com/polls/004700414/4225575817_clarence20thomas_xlarge.jpeg

xp how about that, thanks for the clarification. apparently if wikipedia is to be trusted, there has never been a speaker elected from outside the house but there could be and hey why not now lebron james for speaker '15

or maybe get one of those dogs that can walk on his hind legs and put him in a little dog suit and let him walk around and conduct congressional business like a little rory calhoun

Some scuttlebutt here that McCarthy was facing a Robert Livingston situation, who knows. Might be worth reading this one as the day goes on for more randomness:

http://hotair.com/archives/2015/10/08/breaking-kevin-mccarthy-takes-himself-out-of-speaker-race/

Obviously the next Speaker of the House should be Kris Jenner.

Update: Peter Suderman of Reason points to this prophetic joke that an unwitting Boehner told a few days ago: “I had this terrible nightmare last night that I was trying to get out and I couldn’t get out.”

So does anyone want to do the Godfather III photoshop or...

Anyway, further:

Update: For what it’s worth, McCarthy denied that Walter Jones’s letter was a factor in his decision to drop out. As for possible replacements, names like Tom Price, Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, and Peter Roskam are being kicked around right now by commentators. No one expects Jason Chaffetz or Daniel Webster, who were longshots against McCarthy, to be major factors at the moment.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41lnXijdBfL._SX342_.jpg

"Daddy..."

lol

RobinHMasters Luan Dao • 8 minutes ago

Marco Rubio. He has experience as Speaker of the Florida House and won't be running for re-election to the Senate.

so rumors are that rumors of an affair ruined mccarthy

the rumors are that he had an affair with rep renee elmers

these rumors were mostly stoked and repeated by Chuck C Johnson at 'gotnews'

if true the floorshitter is running our government

https://twitter.com/costareports/status/652181319590522880

maybe they can bring dennis hastert back

it's funny cuz they did it to themselves

kinda sucks for the rest of us tho

Rep. Peter King tells me that members are crying in cloakroom, unable to handle the unrest and confusion. "A banana republic," he says.

yes, exactly like a banana republic

fistfights next I hope

but remember when the founding fathers gathered in the cloakroom and cried for a long time

go full taiwan