Democrats have watched the Republican majority descend into turmoil. But any initial schadenfreude has dissolved, as the failure to elect a speaker means the entire legislative branch is stuck in limbo.
“You got anything to read?” he asked a reporter, maybe joking, but maybe not. “I’m just trying to find every paper that I can.”began the 118th Congress as spectators, watching the
as the failure to elect a speaker means the entire legislative branch is stuck in limbo, with none of the House members officially sworn in.“What number is this?” Ruppersberger said of the eighth roll call vote, as he, like many in the Capitol, started to lose track. “Whatever number it is, after awhile, it is like Groundhog Day — it makes no sense now. Let’s be big boys and girls, come together, use your four-, five-seat majority, and do what’s right for the American people.
Each day, the same scene has played out on the House floor like a playlist stuck on repeat: The nominations for mostly the same people are made — in fact the House on Thursday broke a century-old record after completing the 10th round of House speaker nominations. McCarthy fails on every one of them.
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