Posted on 03/22/2024 1:29:54 PM PDT by NEWwoman
Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., chairman of the House select committee on China, announced he's leaving Congress on April 19, which will temporarily leave House Republicans with just a one-seat majority.
Gallagher revealed in February that he would not be running for a fifth term in the House, a shocking announcement for someone long considered a rising star within the Republican Party.
His early departure will mean that Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., can only afford to lose one GOP lawmaker on any vote that falls along party lines. That will likely remain the case until June, when there's a special election to replace ex-Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio.
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What is it that the Deep State can only accomplish with both houses of Congress and the Executive?
Chicom asset.
The new congress should ban members from lobbying jobs for a decade after leaving office.
I know. Never happen.
This is Kevin McCarthy plan all along .
Kevin was always a dem
Only if you are a RINO.
I wonder how much he was offered or threatened with to take this dive for the Deep State?
Why? What do we know?
There are few people more detestable in public life today than those described as “rising stars” in the Republican Party.
There should be a penalty for resigning your office before the end of your term. Especially without good cause.
Setting things up to put the Democrats in charge of Congress just before the 2024 elections.
Are there any Dem reps in Red states that might unexpectedly pass away and be replace by a republican governor with a republican instead?
“Young Guns” shooting stars?
Exactly and then if either candidate doesn't reach the 270 electoral college threshold then the vote goes to Congress...the backup plan for Democrats.
No member of Congress should be allowed to invest in anything for the whole time they hold office.
They're likely part of another planned RAT steal.
House select committee on China
How to suck up to the new owners
Governors can only appoint senators. There has to be a special election on representatives.
Might as well just hand the country over to the commies at this point. Stick a fork in the US.
This. This right here. I want to know too. I want to know what all of their prices were.
It’s obviously deliberate and well planned. The RINOs are executing their plan to have maximum effect.
RINOs = Democrats
Moderates = Enablers
Conservatives = Outnumbered 3 to 1 in both chambers of congress.
Or the Democrats vote to disqualify Trump.
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