'The American People Did Not Vote for Whatever the Hell This Is,' Warns House Democrat | Common Dreams
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Rep. Jim McGovern said the House GOP's rules package offers "the clearest window yet into their agenda for the next two years."

Summary

The House GOP’s new rules package aims to weaken minority party influence while advancing a pro-corporate agenda.

Key provisions include shielding the House speaker from bipartisan accountability and fast-tracking 12 GOP bills without allowing amendments, including measures to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) and protect fracking.

Democrats, led by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), criticized the package for ignoring economic and social issues like inflation and housing while prioritizing tax cuts for billionaires.

Republicans plan to offset these costs by slashing social programs, sparking warnings of further congressional dysfunction.

  • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    “The American people did not vote for whatever the hell this is,”

    Yeah, actually, they did. Millions of Democrat voters stayed home. Every single state shifted right.

    McGovern added, “and you better believe that Democrats will not let Republicans turn the House of Representatives into a rubber stamp for their extremist policies.”

    You’re in the minority party. Republicans have control of all 3 branches of government, and many state governments shifted right.

    Simply put, what the fuck are you going to do about it? Democrats have exactly zero power outside of sitting back and watching.

    • Pacattack57@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      The republicans have held the minority many times and obstructed the fuck out of our government. If Dems really care they can do a lot to prevent shit in congress.

      We will see how much they actually care in the next 2 years

      • someguy3@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        It’s easy to obstruct when you have any 1 of the 3 (house of reps, Senate, or presidency). They have none. The only tool they have is the filibuster and we’ll see what happens there.

        • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 months ago

          It’s also easy to obstruct if you don’t care about having a functioning government at the end of the day.