Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) unveiled a gambit to burst a legislative logjam and unleash a four-vote flood including a standalone vote on tens of billions in American taxpayer aid to Ukraine.
Speaker Johnson's Ignominious Betrayal Authored by David Stockman via David Stockman's Contra Corner, Speaker Johnson’s ignominious betrayal of fiscal sanity might well be the death knell for the GOP. He is apparently risking his speakership on behalf of $95 billion of foreign aid boondoggles that Uncle Sam cannot remotely afford, and which actually provide zero benefit to the homeland security of America. And we do mean zero, as in nothing, nichts, nada, nyet and nugatory, as we...
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The adage “something is better than nothing” most certainly does not apply to speaker of the House with the current crop of Republican congressmen. At this point, it would be better for Republicans to vacate the chair, even if means a deadlocked conference and the party cannot agree upon a speaker. Paralyzing the House and preventing it from passing more odious legislation is probably the most auspicious outcome we can hope for now. When Republicans took over the House in January 2023, they...
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If the speaker can wade through the conservative blowup over Ukraine aid, even his critics predict he might be able to hold on until November.