Shutting Down the Government for Fun and Political Profit

indy Administrator College Drop Out Posts: 802	Shutting Down the Government for Fun and Political Profit Oct 2, 2023 23:51:04 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by indy on Oct 2, 2023 23:51:04 GMT Gaetz officially files his motion: www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/10/02/congress/ouster-clock-starts-now-00119470

indy Administrator College Drop Out Posts: 802	Shutting Down the Government for Fun and Political Profit Oct 3, 2023 20:44:51 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by indy on Oct 3, 2023 20:44:51 GMT Votes just reached 216 so McCarthy is out, for now. ETA: Vote concluded, now official: ex-speaker McCarthy. First time in history.

goldenvalley Tenured Full Professor Posts: 3,729	Shutting Down the Government for Fun and Political Profit Oct 4, 2023 2:50:46 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by goldenvalley on Oct 4, 2023 2:50:46 GMT We'll be talking shutdown again just before Thanksgiving. It'll take that long to get a Speaker in office, never mind some sort of appropriations bills voted on.

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Shutting Down the Government for Fun and Political Profit Nov 30, 2023 14:13:38 GMT

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Bizarrely, it seems the freedom caucus has decided to accept the funding deal that Biden made with McCarthy. They essentially ousted McCarthy over it but now it's acceptable? Not sure what is going on here.

thehill.com/homenews/4334199-house-freedom-caucus-softens-demands-cuts/

AnBr Associate Professor Posts: 1,768	Shutting Down the Government for Fun and Political Profit Dec 1, 2023 0:01:32 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by AnBr on Dec 1, 2023 0:01:32 GMT There is a reason they call it the Freedumb Caucus.
	Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn't freedom, it is adolescence. "To get your playing more forceful, hit the drums harder." — Keith Moon, May 6, 1967, Melody Maker magazine

indy Administrator College Drop Out Posts: 802	Shutting Down the Government for Fun and Political Profit Dec 1, 2023 14:15:39 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by indy on Dec 1, 2023 14:15:39 GMT I don't think 'dumb' quite covers it.

jackd Assistant Professor Posts: 813	Shutting Down the Government for Fun and Political Profit Dec 1, 2023 17:25:38 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jackd on Dec 1, 2023 17:25:38 GMT They are discovering, as did the Democrats in the Senate, that they don't have the votes to get their way.

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Shutting Down the Government for Fun and Political Profit Dec 6, 2023 16:57:32 GMT

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They are discovering, as did the Democrats in the Senate, that they don't have the votes to get their way.

And McCarthy has announced he's leaving at the end of this year.

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