Thursday, April 10, 2025

House GOP Cancels Budget Vote

House Republican leaders canceled a vote on the Senate's budget resolution Wednesday night, as Speaker Mike Johnson came to terms with what had been clear for many hours ...

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BREAKING: House Republicans forced to postpone budget vote. Speaker Mike Johnson said he would try to bring the budget resolution to the floor tomorrow instead.

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Elect clowns, expect a circus.

#1 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-04-10 09:12 AM

"When a clown moves into the palace he does not become a king. The palace becomes a circus."

-old Turkish proverb.

#2 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-04-10 01:13 PM

How can Congress vote on anything when they have to be sticking their mugs in front of every television camera that comes within a hundred yards, so as to fawn over their orange leader? Other than standing around while flags are raised and lowered over the Capitol dome, the US Congress has caused itself to cease to function and to cease to be a check against a mentally ill dotard who leads a criminal enterprise...

#3 | Posted by catdog at 2025-04-10 01:29 PM

@#2 ... "When a clown moves into the palace he does not become a king. The palace becomes a circus."
-old Turkish proverb. ...

A similar US version that I've heard ...

"The Oval Office does not make the man, the man makes the Oval Office."


#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-10 01:43 PM

An update ...

House approves budget framework for Trump's big' bill after intense wrangling sways GOP holdouts
apnews.com

... House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework Thursday, a political turnaround after Speaker Mike Johnson worked into the night to satisfy GOP holdouts who had refused to advance trillions of dollars in tax breaks without deeper spending cuts.

Johnson stood with Senate Majority Leader John Thune early in the morning at the Capitol to shore up President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill," and they committed to seeking at least $1.5 trillion in cuts to federal programs and services. The speaker had abruptly halted voting Wednesday night.

"I told you not to doubt us," Johnson, R-La., said afterward.

He acknowledged the week's economic turmoil with the financial markets "a little unstable," but said the House vote was a "big day."

The 216-214 vote pushed the budget plan forward, one more milestone for Johnson, and next step in a lengthy process to unlock the centerpiece to the president's domestic agenda of tax cuts, mass deportations and a smaller federal government. ...




#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-10 01:47 PM

I am sick of party lines being the only option for votes.

#6 | Posted by Brennnn at 2025-04-11 03:14 PM

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