Republicans are entering a months-long stretch of legislating with their smallest House majority in decades. And the margin is about to tighten even more.
Departures from the House have whittled down the Republican caucus from 222 to 219, meaning the party can only afford to lose two members and still pass legislation when everyone is attending and voting.
Another Republican, Rep. Ken Buck (Colo.), announced Tuesday that he would vacate his seat at the end of next week.
Meanwhile, Congress is staring down a deadline next Friday to fund about 70 percent of the government — including the Defense, State and Homeland Security departments. It could further complicate a stalled border security bill and aid package for Ukraine and Israel.
Democrats are likely to add another lawmaker to their ranks after a special election in a deep-blue, Buffalo-area district in late April. The next special election in a red district isn’t until May 21.
“Speaker Johnson! How do you legislate with such a slim majority?”
“That’s the neat part: you don’t.”
Repubes have given up on legislating a long time ago. Now it’s all about theatrics and shit flinging
And they still get most everything they want; whereas when Dems are in charge they have to make up obscure reasons (example: Oh Noe!!! The Parlimentarian won’t let us do it!!!111) why they can’t pass popular legislation.
It’s easier when “everything they want” is just to shit the bed and blame others for it.
And even though Dems are the minority, they’re still the ones doing all the work to keep the lights on.
It’s easier when “everything they want” is just to shit the bed and blame others for it.
ah yes, the “Amber Heard” platform
Did you read the article? There’s a chart that shows that Democrats have only controlled the House for 8 of the past 24 years. And half of that time they didn’t control the presidency. 2009 - 11 and 21 - 23 were the only times when they had both (4 years).
Now add the Senate in there and the time window shrinks even more. It’s hard to do anything when people don’t fucking vote.
Fucking vote. I don’t care what your excuse is. Vote.
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