I still find all of this crap about Gaetz(who I think did the right thing), McCarthy and House Republicans completely idiotic and a testament to just how lazy the average person is.
How many have listened to any of Gaetz’s interviews or statements to the press? It would appear, not too many.
At the end of the day, for me, it comes down to something really simple.
From the research I did, the US government hasn’t had an actual budget since 2007. Gaetz says it was the mid-90s, but I don’t know about that. But, 2007 was a year that Bush needed money for the GWOT and the Dem’s didn’t want to give it to him. The CR was born. Then they get smart and figured out that by waiting until the last minute, everyone could get everything they wanted...money for the war, money for museums, money for park bathrooms, money for whatever...since no one was looking at what was in the bills.
Pelosi....we have to pass it to see what’s in it.
If I’m not mistaken, budget bills require a simple majority. Right?
McCarthy had from the day he was elected Speaker till the day he was kicked out to come up with a budget. He chose no to. He was all about maintaining the status quo. CRs and Omnibus’
All the Republicans had to do was, without any input from the Democrats, come up with an actual budget. A fiscally sound and responsible budget. One that might have even included some legitimate cuts in spending, not just a cut in the rate of increase. Maybe, if they were really good, one that was balanced.
Something like that would have backed the Senate and House Democrats into a corner. It would have backed Biden into a corner.
But...............NOPE. Couldn’t do something like that, could they.
McCarthy and House Republican’s could have been heroes. Instead McCarthy chose to look like the corrupt fool he is.
And now, because of all the corruption, we’re being forced to judge someone on how they look at Ukraine funding?
How about the over 5 million fighting age males, illegally in our country. At any time, if they want to, their violence would make what happened in Israel look like a game of tag.
How about inflation?
How about an actual budget? Pretty much the one thing they are in DC for.
Well, 70% of the budget was passed, and 3 more of the separate Appropriations bills were passed last week. Then the 30 day CR that had 8% spending cuts was torpedo’d by the Gaetz clan.
Over the Spring and Summer, the Dems set this debacle up by adding high spending in the Appropriations bills and then the conservatives in the Committees would have to shoot that down. Or so other FReepers have said. (I’m still not quite sure why the Pubbies couldn’t ultimately control the Committees better, but, with such a narrow House Majority, you only need one Pubbie in a “Biden District” who’s afraid to cut too much to be the weak link. What I do know is that the Speaker has limited control inside those Committees.)
So, I have mixed feelings. I don’t think McCarthy was so bad as some here scream, and, I’m very worried seeing that the Dem’s are still laughing their asses off believing this will turn the House Blue in Nov. 2024.
OTOH, I think Jordan is a good man. I listened to the entire interview cited above. Note however, that Jordan does NOT oppose stopping Putin. He said that very clearly: That it is NOT in our interest to let Pooty run amuck in Eastern Europe. He simply demands Biden state* our objectives definitively, and provide better accounting of where the money goes.
*3/4 of me thinks that first (objectives) is a straight up request, 1/4 of me thinks it might be a trap for Biden, because I don’t think if it was up to Biden himself that he (Biden) could explain how to run a lemonade stand...