Speaker Mike Johnson has once again lost a battle against hardline conservatives for control of his own House floor — and he has no clear way out.
A small group of GOP hardliners, led by firebrand Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, effectively seized the floor from Johnson this week, refusing to allow him to move on their own party’s priorities until Republican leaders come up with a plan to pass President Donald Trump’s federal elections overhaul bill.
By Tuesday afternoon, Johnson was forced into one of the most humiliating possible positions for a House speaker: He conceded he could not regain control of the chamber and instructed members to leave Washington early. It’s the second straight week that GOP leaders have had to scrap their plans, this time losing out on nearly an entire week’s agenda.
i suppose this is when the bipartisan housing bill that dipshit refused to sign gets vetoed.
Too bad they got the master surveillance and internet censorship bipartisan Bill through before this happened
Priorities, naturally. And the very very very first thing they ever did was a tax cut for billionaires…
Absolute scumbags.
The senate version is too far apart, and it would have to be fixed in conference. Which they can’t do if the house isn’t in session.
Could be the whole plan. An unsigned bill becomes law if Congress remains in session, or gets the “pocket veto” if they leave, isn’t that the rules?