General Political Fúckery Thread: 119th Congress Begins!
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Same guy said he wasn't going to negotiate at all.
Spidey Man
Superstar
Freedom Caucus will be mad because this will pass with a majority of Republicans.
Conservative is ready to vote McCarthy out of speaker's chair over debt deal: report
Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) is ready to move Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) out of the Speaker's chair amid the debt deal made with President Joe Biden, Politico reporter Olivia Beavers revealed Tuesday.It was something predicted by analysts who feared conservative members would try to sink the proposal and...www.rawstory.com
ADevilYouKhow
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Tenants who lived in an Iowa building predicted it would collapse before it did, source says
Eight people were pulled out of the debris, and there have been no deaths so far, according to Davenport officials.
www.businessinsider.com
ADevilYouKhow
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G.O.P. Revolts Over Debt Limit Deal as Bill Moves Toward a House Vote
Despite growing Republican opposition, a key committee voted to move the bill forward to the House floor.
ADevilYouKhow
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Sacklers Can Be Shielded From Opioid Liability, Appeals Court Rules
The decision gives the Purdue Pharma owners long-sought protection, but it is a major step toward releasing billions of dollars from their fortune to states and communities to help cope with the costs of addiction.
Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
What concerns me about the debt ceiling is that Americans are much more silo'd than the last flirtation w/ the debt ceiling during Obama's administration, and so now, the polls are basically split along party lines on who should shoulder the blame:
fivethirtyeight.com
During the last one w/ Obama, it was overwhelmingly blamed on Republicans, but the polling doesn't show this as likely at the moment. I think that the average American just isn't informed and so the polling is all over the place.
Hopefully, if this goes off the rails, the truth trickles its way to independents & moderate Republican voters at the least, but a much larger swath of the population will be fed alternative facts that incentivize Republicans to double down on the crisis
Why Debt Ceiling Polls Keep Giving Us Conflicting Results
Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly-ish polling roundup. The White House and Speaker of the House have come to a tentative — though as yet unpassed — agreement …
fivethirtyeight.com
During the last one w/ Obama, it was overwhelmingly blamed on Republicans, but the polling doesn't show this as likely at the moment. I think that the average American just isn't informed and so the polling is all over the place.
Hopefully, if this goes off the rails, the truth trickles its way to independents & moderate Republican voters at the least, but a much larger swath of the population will be fed alternative facts that incentivize Republicans to double down on the crisis
AquaCityBoy
Veteran
Jayapal and the 'progressive' caucus supposedly a no on the debt limit deal. 
Either this is
or she knows they have the votes without them.
Either this is
or she knows they have the votes without them.It's the latter. Jeffries said that McCarthy promised to have 150 GOP votes and the democrats will provide the rest. Gives her cover to go out and complain as much as she wants.Jayapal and the 'progressive' caucus supposedly a no on the debt limit deal.
Either this is
Hood Critic
The Power Circle
But he's too old and unfit for office.
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
they probably have the votes without them.Jayapal and the 'progressive' caucus supposedly a no on the debt limit deal.
Either this is
Same with the Freedom Caucus.