What in the ever loving fuck is with this framing?
Posted by doubledown on April 19, 2024, 8:36:03
“Democrats took an unusual step Thursday and helped Republican leaders advance legislation to provide billions in stalled security funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, steering the measures closer toward passage this weekend.”
Like Dems finally came around on this or something. For the love.
It is pretty rare for the opposition party to carry the rule on the floor which has now happened multiple times this session.
The far right wingnuts have succeeded in making the house a much more bipartisan chamber.
The rules committee vote in the op was exceptionally rare. Supposedly the first time since at least 1995 the opposition party carried the rule in committee.
Paul Gosar has now joined Massie and MTG in supporting the motion to vacate.
There was some question as to whether they would change the threshold from 1 in this rule but Johnson decided against it.
The framing is specific to the rules committee vote
The rules committee is traditionally the speaker's arm as to what can come up on the floor. Usually the speaker's handpicked choices pass the rule and the opposition party votes against it.
However because McCarthy was a coward he gave away rules committee seats to the intransigent wing of his party in order to be kicked in the nuts 15 straight times and win the speakership.
So getting a rule has been very difficult for the speaker because he has intransigent members on the committee and the opposition party votes against him.
This is why for most big legislation Johnson has skipped the rules committee and put bills directly on the floor under suspension which needs 2/3 of the house vote.
So in this instance Democrats voted for the rule and helped Johnson to get the aid bill on the floor which is a very rare occurrence in the house.
That is the framing.
that is not what anyone will think. That is the framing*
The rules committee is traditionally the speaker's arm as to what can come up on the floor. Usually the speaker's handpicked choices pass the rule and the opposition party votes against it.
However because McCarthy was a coward he gave away rules committee seats to the intransigent wing of his party in order to be kicked in the nuts 15 straight times and win the speakership.
So getting a rule has been very difficult for the speaker because he has intransigent members on the committee and the opposition party votes against him.
This is why for most big legislation Johnson has skipped the rules committee and put bills directly on the floor under suspension which needs 2/3 of the house vote.
So in this instance Democrats voted for the rule and helped Johnson to get the aid bill on the floor which is a very rare occurrence in the house.
on April 19, 2024, 8:36:03
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