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#45 | Posted by CutiePie at 2024-05-10 08:15 PM
A good article on the many reasons for the working relationship :
www.thedailybeast.com - Congress' Odd Couple - Jeffries and Johnson - Mystifies Lawmakers - May 06, 2024
|------- The GOP speaker and the Democratic leader have a totally unique political relationship. Do they have any personal relationship at all?
... Jeffries told reporters in February that he had a "functional relationship" with Johnson. The Speaker, meanwhile, has said hardly anything. In public, they aren't afraid to besmirch each other for political points, as opposing leaders typically do. ...
... But one stark political truth has bound them together: No Speaker has ever needed a Minority Leader more than Johnson needs Jeffries.
... The passage of that aid package set into motion the most dramatic way Jeffries will help Johnson: by saving his job.
... Johnson seems to have tacitly accepted the painful political truth that he cannot advance any meaningful legislation with his fractured conference alone. That's a fact Jeffries has embraced, stepping in to save the day when, of course, there's something in it for the blue team. ...
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No one, except Gaetz-MTG-Boebert++, needs more chaos in Congress at this point - if there's any emergency bill that needs passing, the only way it can be done is with two leaders assuring majority of votes and ability to bring the bill to vote. Hence, synergy - when and where it can be accomplished.
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