Hard-right Republicans, still angry over debt ceiling, foil McCarthy on GOP vote

[brooklynite]

Source: Washington Post

Hard-right Republicans, still angry with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s handling of the debt ceiling bill last week, sunk a GOP procedural vote Tuesday in a show of strength in a razor-thin majority.

In a surprise rebuke for McCarthy (R-Calif.) and the rest of GOP leadership, the Republican-led House failed to pass the rule for consideration of several bills this week. Eleven Republicans broke with their party to vote with Democrats, and the rule fell short on a 206-220 vote — the first rule vote to fail since November 2002.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) changed his vote to “no” at the last minute so the GOP could revisit the vote, which plunged this week’s GOP legislation in limbo. On the agenda was a bill to block gas stove regulations and change the process for federal rulemaking.

The outcome underscored the anger that several members of the House Freedom Caucus still harbored toward McCarthy over his handling of a bipartisan debt ceiling bill, which Congress passed last week and which President Biden signed over the weekend, barely skirting a historic and catastrophic default.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/06/house-republicans-debt-ceiling-mccarthy-procedural-vote/

[wryter2000]

1. Hard right Republican's...sunk

Not sank? Jeeze.

[11 Bravo]

2. C'mon Republicans! Prove to America that you're REALLY committed!

Don't settle for just voting "NO", take it to the next level!
Hold your breath until you turn blue ... and then for another hour or so after that.

[Midnight Writer]

3. What professionals! What patriots! Lawmaking based on petty grudges and childish tantrums.

These assholes care about nothing other than getting their way.

[KS Toronado]

4. The House Freedom Caucus

has always been a "My way or the highway" clan.

[Comfortably_Numb]

5. C'mon repukkkes. Take the plastic bag challenge.

You know the one. Put your head in a plastic bag and hold it tight around your throat until you see your messiah’s golden visage texting his minions reminding them what a bunch of idiots you mooks are.

[IronLionZion]

6. Republicans in disarray

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. The free dumb caucus

Behaving like the children they are.

[LiberalFighter]

8. They should take their clothes off and run after McCarthy.

[truthisfreedom]

9. Good.

Expose their horrifying dysfunction.

[Cadfael]

10. The Post needs a proofreader

[James48]

11. Hahaha!

Good catch.

[SouthernDem4ever]

12. maybe that was freudian for "tax breaks"

that's what they are always pumping for.

[JudyM]

15. Lol

So good.

[Grins]

14. WaPo must read DU!

They corrected it.

[honest.abe]

16. They probably depend too much on automated spell and grammar check.

"pump the breaks on leadership" would not be caught by those checks.

[Grins]

13. When are they NOT red-faced angry?

These are weasels who need a “fix” of outrage every day!

These are people who get spittle-flecked angry over the damn colors of M&M’s!!!

[BlueIdaho]

17. Let them eat their young.

I’m fine with that…

[SouthernDem4ever]

18. Can we quit using terms like "Hard right repuglicans"

and replace it with "Crazy Ass Repuglicans"

?