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Democrats erupted in laughter on the House floor Wednesday when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) — who was presiding over the chamber — called for decorum.
The heckling came as House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) was delivering floor remarks about the debt ceiling, which has been the subject of high-stakes negotiations between GOP lawmakers and the White House.
As Scalise was urging the Senate and White House to take action on raising the borrowing limit — referencing the bill House Republicans passed last month — Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) called him a liar.
“We are in fact the only body in this town who has actually taken steps to address the debt ceiling and the spending problem in Washington. I would encourage the Senate to take up the bill, I would encourage the President to get engaged and address this problem, but we already have, the votes are on the board —” Scalise said before pausing to react to Bowman.
Bowman’s office confirmed to The Hill that it was the congressman who yelled “liar” while Scalise was speaking.
“Order,” Greene said from the dais, pounding her gavel.
“I ask that the House be in order and there be some decorum on the other side,” Scalise said.
After a roughly 15-second pause, Greene called for decorum in the chamber.
“The members are reminded to abide by decorum of the House,” she said.
Democrats in the chamber then erupted in laughter. Some members — including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Cori Bush (D-Mo.) — stood from their seats and started shouting.
As the laughter continued, Greene slammed her gavel a number of times.
The Hill reached out to Greene for comment.
The Democrats’ reaction was a reflection of the controversy swirling around Greene’s own bombastic behavior since arriving on Capitol Hill, which at times has played out on the House floor. During President Biden’s State of the Union address in February, the Georgia Republican yelled “liar” as the President delivered remarks on Social Security and Medicare.
And last month, Greene was silenced during a Homeland Security Committee hearing after she accused Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas of being a liar.
Following the laughter, Greene said “the House will be in order” and recognized Scalise to continue talking on the floor.
“While some in this town might be interested in theatrics, House Republicans took action,” Scalise said, prompting groans in the chamber. “We passed a bill to address the problem, it’s time for my friends on the other side to start doing their job, call the Senate back in to take up the bill.”
“If they don’t like it they can amend it, that is part of the legislative process. Let’s get our jobs done; we’ve done ours, they need to do theirs,” he added.
Scalise took to the House floor Wednesday to inform lawmakers that they can leave Washington for Memorial Day weekend but should be prepared to return to the Capitol with 24-hours notice to vote on a debt limit ceiling as negotiations over raising the borrowing limit drag on.
For more than a week, Republican lawmakers and White House negotiators have been engaging in talks to come to an agreement. Pressure, however, has mounted in recent days as the calendar inches closer to June 1 — the day that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned the U.S. could default by.
After announcing the scheduling plans, House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) spoke on the House floor to criticize the GOP bill and celebrate that all members of the Democratic caucus signed on to a discharge petition, which liberal lawmakers are hoping can be used to force a vote on legislation to increase the borrowing limit.
Democrats erupted in applause.
While all 213 Democrats have signed onto the petition, the caucus needs five Republicans to join their effort to reach the threshold of a majority of the chamber, which is needed to force a vote through the discharge petition. That, however, is an unlikely scenario as Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has called on GOP lawmakers to stand behind him in negotiations.
Clark, however, called on Republicans to join the Democratic effort.
“It only takes five patriots to join us in the fight for the American people. Join us, sign the petition, stay here and fight for American families, fight for their American security,” she added.
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mojave-pete · 5 months
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Here Are The 22 Republicans Who Voted Against Jordan: 
Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon voted for Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy.
Florida Rep. Vern Buchanan voted for Florida Rep. Byron Donalds.
Colorado Rep. Ken Buck then voted for House Majority Whip Tom Emmer.
Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer voted for McCarthy.
New York Rep. Anthony D’Esposito voted for New York GOP Gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin.
Florida Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart voted for Scalise.
Texas Rep. Jake Ellzey voted for California Rep. Mike Garcia.
Georgia Rep. Drew Ferguson voted for Scalise
New York Rep. Andrew Garbarino voted for Zeldin.
Florida Rep. Carlos Giménez voted for McCarthy.
Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales voted for Scalise.
Texas Rep. Kay Granger voted for Scalise.
Michigan Rep. John James voted for former Michigan Rep. Candice Miller
Pennsylvania Rep. Mike Kelly voted for former Speaker of the House John Boehner.
Virginia Rep. Jen Kiggans voted for McCarthy.
New York Rep. Nick LaLota voted for Zeldin.
New York Rep. Mike Lawler voted for McCarthy.
Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks ended up voting for Granger.
Florida Rep. John Rutherford voted for Scalise.
Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson also voted for Scalise.
Minnesota Rep. Pete Stauber voted for Arkansas Rep. Bruce Westerman.
Arkansas Rep. Steve Womack voted for Scalise.
These RINOs (democRats) need to be un elected!
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saywhat-politics · 6 months
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Congress remains at a standstill, as Republicans in Washington have yet to choose a replacement for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio has the backing of former President Donald Trump. Arizona Congresswoman Debbie Lesko, meanwhile, has endorsed Louisiana Republican Steve Scalise.
But it’s unclear if either candidate can win the votes of the majority in the chamber, let alone the majority of the Republican caucus.
“I don’t know. I don’t know what’s gonna happen,” Lesko said. “And so, we’ll see what’s next. I don’t know.”
Democratic Congressman Raul Grijalva warns that if Republicans elect an uncompromising conservative leader, little will change in a deadlocked House.
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The latest news and updates on the House speaker fight:
Rep. Steve Scalise, of Louisiana, abandoned his bid to be the next speaker, announcing Thursday he would withdraw a little more than 24 hours after being nominated by House Republicans to replace Rep. Kevin McCarthy, of California.
Scalise defeated Rep. Jim Jordan, of Ohio, but it remains unclear if Jordan can now secure the nomination from Republicans or if he could get 217 votes on the House floor.
Democrats are backing House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, of New York. [...]
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beauty-funny-trippy · 6 months
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[The following is from Republican Congressman Dusty Johnson's interview with CNN, discussing the ongoing turmoil caused by MAGA Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives (Oct 2023)]
"If we don't change the foundational problems within our [Republican] conference, it's just gonna be the same stupid clown car with a different driver."
"If Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise can't figure out how to deal with that saboteur (Matt Gaetz), we're just going to have another blow-up, whether it's two weeks, or six weeks, or eight weeks. You know, Matt Gaetz and those hardliners, they're a real problem. And I don't think the pyromaniacs are going to be satisfied after they burn down one house. I think they're going to have an itching to go burn down a couple more."
"These guys, chaos artists, decided that we need to take a couple of weeks off from governing the country. They've been playing silly D.C. parlor games about leadership rather than having us actually get things done. And because they crave the attention, because they crave the chaos, it doesn't end here. We've got some real work to do if we're going to be a real big boy, big girl, grown-up party to govern the House." (source: Rep. Johnson's interview)
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mariacallous · 1 year
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Kevin McCarthy is having a terrible week. 
Over the course of six votes, including three on Wednesday, the California Republican has failed to win enough support from his colleagues to become the next speaker of the House. The House remains leaderless as McCarthy twists in the wind. Until the House chooses a speaker, there can be no committee hearings, and members can’t even be sworn in.
But the story is about more than the House standing still for one man’s total humiliation – it’s a preview of high-stakes legislative battles that could shut down the federal government and foment a financial crisis. 
The Republicans opposed to McCarthy want all-out war against Democrats and President Joe Biden. They think that by taking the government’s creditworthiness hostage this year, the House can force the Democratic-controlled Senate and White House to agree to legislation that slashes federal spending, erects a border wall and cuts retirement benefits from Medicare and Social Security. 
McCarthy’s opponents have just barreled into a House speaker fight with no alternative candidate and no plausible path to success. All they’ve done so far is humiliate McCarthy and prevent the House from functioning. And they don’t care at all — which is exactly why their legislative threats are so serious. They will gladly shoot their hostages. 
Just listen to House Freedom Caucus Chair Scott Perry (R-Pa.), who was intimately involved in Donald Trump’s efforts to overthrow the 2020 election, describe the federal government under Joe Biden not just as bad, but as an actual menace to everybody in America. 
“We have an administration that has contempt for the American people and is using these big corporations to spy on Americans and using the instruments of federal power to persecute and prosecute them because this town is broken,” Perry said Wednesday afternoon. (You need to be familiar with a few different right-wing memes to decode those particular grievances; this is not a group that wants to make a deal.)  
It’s not clear how the speaker drama will play out. It’s possible McCarthy can mollify his House Freedom Caucus opponents with some sort of horsetrading on future legislation. It’s possible the Freedom Caucus will accept McCarthy’s scalp and support an alternate candidate, such as McCarthy deputy Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), even though he would essentially represent a continuation of the McCarthy leadership. 
Or maybe the House will just keep holding unsuccessful speaker votes forever. I will be here, loyal reader, chronicling the Leeroy Jenkins jokes and documenting the vibe shifts on the House floor. 
For more on how this week’s speaker fight is a preview of the next two years in Washington, see my story below with Igor Bobic.
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beardedmrbean · 1 year
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A vote on language condemning the "horrors of socialism" split House Democrats on Thursday, which one Republican said reveals a soft spot some Democrats have for a political philosophy that has resulted in impoverishment and death for hundreds of millions of people.
Republicans called up the resolution as a way to remind the public that socialist policies – which they fear have been creeping into American life after two years of Democrat control in Washington – go against the values on which America was founded. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said Thursday that socialism is "one of the most destructive ideologies in world history."
As expected, the resolution split Democrats, as some have openly described themselves as adherents of "democratic socialism." As a group, Democrats narrowly voted in favor of the resolution by a 109-86 tally, even though every Democrat who debated the bill spoke against the resolution.
In another sign of how the bill split the party, 14 Democrats voted "present." The resolution passed 328-86 thanks to unanimous Republican support.
WHERE DO THE SQUAD, DEMOCRATS STAND ON SOCIALISM? GOP WILL PUT THEM TO THE TEST THIS WEEK
Democrats justified their vote by saying while they oppose socialism, the decision to call up the measure is a warning shot that Republicans are looking to cut Social Security, Medicare and other social welfare programs, an assertion Republicans have rejected for weeks.
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., went further by accusing Republicans of calling up a resolution that is an indictment of major elements of the federal government that helped millions of people during the pandemic.
"Americans know better than the fearmongering we see here today," Waters said. "They know, for example, that when the pandemic hit and people were dying all across this country, it was the federal government that stepped in to provide trillions of dollars of support to small businesses, workers, ranchers, students, seniors, and would you believe it, even Republican members of Congress."
"Historically, Republicans have tried to label as socialist any Democratic actions that improve the lives of Americans," added Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y. "This is what Republicans call socialism. From climate action and public education to affordable care and Social Security, Republicans classify popular government programs to help working families as socialism."
Republicans said Democrats were over-complicating the issue.
"Despite my Democratic colleagues’ claims, there’s nothing in this resolution about entitlement programs or banning social services or anything of the like," said Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C.
After Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., pointed out several historical political leaders who were socialists and argued that not all forms of socialism deserve condemnation, McHenry thanked him for acknowledging that Democrats so have a soft spot for this system of government.
"If this resolution would just simply draw out my Democrat colleagues to just say, yes, they are in favor of socialism, maybe this is a worthwhile endeavor," McHenry said.
Socialism is broadly understood to be an economic and political theory that calls for putting the means of production into the hands of a public collective, and "democratic socialism" is seen as a philosophy that calls for a heavier government hand that might approach the governing styles of some European nations.
The resolution approved by the House says history shows that any move toward socialism "necessitates a concentration of power that has time and time again collapsed into Communist regimes, totalitarian rule, and brutal dictatorships."
It says socialist policies have led to "famine and mass murders, and the killing of over 100,000,000 people worldwide," along with some of the "greatest crimes in history" committed by Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, Pol Pot and others.
"[B]etween 15,000,000 and 55,000,000 people starved to death in the wake of famine and devastation caused by the Great Leap Forward in China," the resolution notes. "[T]he socialist experiment in Cambodia led to the killing fields in which over a million people were gruesomely murdered."
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tomorrowusa · 6 months
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It's time, once again, to choose a Republican Speaker of the House! 😳
It probably won't be George Santos. Like Donald Trump, he's ineligible because of criminal charges against him. Rep. Santos now faces 23 counts. He needs to work harder to catch up to Trump.
Read the updated indictment of Rep. George Santos
Another member of the House who many people think deserves to be indicted is Gym Jordan – one of the candidates for Speaker.
Former Ohio State University wrestlers say Jim Jordan betrayed them and shouldn't be House speaker
Jordan is a facilitator of sex abuse. Imagine the editorial cartoons of him as House Speaker.
It says a lot about the GOP that their least bad candidate for Speaker once called himself "David Duke without the baggage". Duke was once the "grand wizard" of the KKK.
House speaker contender Steve Scalise reportedly called himself ‘David Duke without the baggage’
We can help erase the slim majority which GOP legislative terrorists have in the House. Support the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
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naturalrights-retard · 6 months
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Former President Donald Trump will attend a GOP closed candidate House forum next Tuesday, where Republicans will discuss potential nominees to replace Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
So far, Reps. Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise have thrown their hats in the ring, however many have floated the prospect of 'Speaker Trump.'
On Wednesday, Trump posted the above photo of himself in the Speaker's chair holding a gavel, however as the NY Post reported the same day, there's a little-known House GOP rule barring anyone with a felony indictment against serving in the role.
"A member of the Republican Leadership shall step aside if indicted for a felony for which a sentence of two or more years’ imprisonment may be imposed," according to the Republican Conference Rules of the 118th Congress.
That said, the rules could be altered to make way for Trump.
Despite the gavel post, however, it appears Trump doesn't actually want the job - and may just be attending to help steer the process. In a Thursday Truth social post, he said:
I am running for President, have a 62 Point lead over Republicans, and am up on Crooked Joe Biden, despite the Democrat Party’s massive Law-fare, Weaponization, and Election Interference efforts, by 4 to 11 Points, but will do whatever is necessary to help with the Speaker of the House selection process, short term, until the final selection of a GREAT REPUBLICAN SPEAKER is made - A Speaker who will help a new, but highly experienced President, ME, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
So, Jordan or Scalise?
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Leadership of the House of Representatives remains in limbo as California GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy faces internal opposition to his bid for Speaker.
On the first day of the new Congress, McCarthy failed to secure the 218 votes necessary to become Speaker of the House in three rounds of voting. The House cannot conduct any business, including swearing in new members, until a Speaker is chosen.
Tuesday's vote was the first time in a century that the election of a House Speaker took multiple ballots to complete. The longest vote in U.S. history took place in 1855, lasting 133 rounds over two months, from December 1855 to February 1856.
McCarthy faces a Republican bloc of critics who want changes to the way the House operates. Although he's given in to many of their demands, he remains short of the votes needed.
Instead of celebrating their return to the majority on the first day, McCarthy and other GOP leaders were sorting out how to respond to an open rebellion that showcased division and cast doubt on their ability to govern.
McCarthy maintains he will not step down and balloting will continue until he can secure the necessary support.
"They can go through whoever they want to go through, and they'll come to the conclusion that they don't, they can't get there," McCarthy told reporters outside of the House floor.
House members voted Tuesday to adjourn until noon ET on Wednesday, when a fourth vote is expected to take place.
HOW THE VOTES SHOOK OUT
Republicans hold the majority in the House now, but it's customary for the minority party to nominate their leader for speaker, and Democrat Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York had more votes than McCarthy in all three voting rounds.
Round 1 saw: Jeffries, 212; McCarthy, 203; and 19 votes for other Republicans. In Round 2, the counts for Jeffries and McCarthy stayed the same, however, 19 votes went to Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan.
In Round 3, the vote breakdown was similar, but McCarthy lost one Republican — Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida — who voted for Jordan.
Jordan spoke in support of McCarthy on the House floor just before the second round began, encouraging his colleagues to vote for him.
"The differences we may have ... pale in comparison to us and the left, which now unfortunately controls the other party," Jordan said. "So, we had better come together. ... That's what the people want us to do, and I think Kevin McCarthy is the right guy to lead us, I really do, or else I wouldn't be up here giving this speech."
Speaking to reporters Tuesday — before he was nominated — Jordan said that he wouldn't want that job. "I'm for Kevin McCarthy and I've told you guys I don't know how many times, I want to chair the Judiciary Committee," he said.
Florida's Rep. Matt Gaetz nominated Jordan after the first round of voting, saying that perhaps the person best suited for the job is the person who doesn't want it.
"Maybe the right person for the job of Speaker of the House isn't someone who wants it so bad," Gaetz said. "Maybe the right person for the job of Speaker of the House isn't someone who has sold shares of himself for more than a decade to get it. Maybe Jim Jordan is the right person for Speaker of the House because he is not beholden to the lobbyists and special interests who have corrupted this place and corrupted this nation under the leadership under both Republicans and Democrats."
Democrats stuck together with overwhelming support of Jeffries, noting his historical nomination as first Black legislator to lead a congressional chamber. Many who voted for Jeffries did so enthusiastically and often intoning the names of civil rights leaders and other notable Black members of Congress as they did so. There is no expectation at this point that any Democratic lawmaker will cross party lines to assist McCarthy's path to the Speakership.
WHAT DEFECTORS WANT
Of those who voted against McCarthy on Tuesday, many holdouts sought and got support for new rules on how legislation is considered in the House, and how oversight investigations of the Biden administration will be structured.
McCarthy also agreed to to change a rule that would allow a group of five members to offer a resolution to remove the Speaker. He insisted for weeks he wouldn't agree to lower the threshold on how many sponsors are needed on a "motion to vacate the chair" because it effectively weakens the power of the Speaker. But McCarthy gave into pressure from those on the right since he has such a small margin and can't afford more than a few defections.
Pennsylvania GOP Rep. Scott Perry, a leading McCarthy critic who signed onto a letter with nine other Republicans circulated on New Year's day, tweeted: "nothing changes when nothing changes." He cited the letter, which states "the times call for a radical departure of the status quo — not a continuation of the past, and ongoing Republican failures."
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Speaking to reporters on Tuesday morning, Perry said he and other members planning to vote against McCarthy took a plan to him Monday night, outlining what he needed to do to win their support, and thus 218 votes to win. While McCarthy agreed to some of their requests, McCarthy still rejected other demands, like bringing a bill to the floor to impose term limits for representatives.
"We took an offer to him last night with things that are completely and wholly within his purview. He rejected it summarily," Perry said Tuesday morning.
CHAOS IS ON DISPLAY
A first-ballot failure is embarrassing to the top Republican who led his party's efforts to win back the majority.
McCarthy ran for speaker in 2015 when then House Speaker John Boehner stepped down, but withdrew abruptly from the race after conceding he didn't have the votes to win.
In the last couple of election cycles, McCarthy led the political effort for House Republicans — raising, along with affiliated super PAC, the Congressional Leadership Fund, roughly a half a trillion dollars and campaigning for GOP candidates across the country. He and his allies predicted a "red wave" in the fall, but ended up eking out just a four-seat majority.
The public vote on the House floor showcased the GOP divisions and chaos. Ahead of the vote, McCarthy's allies insisted they won't vote for any alternative candidate, and even if it's messy, they will stick with him.
But nothing else can happen in the House of Representatives until a Speaker is elected. It's the only leadership position mentioned in the Constitution.
There have been some discussions about trying to rally around a consensus candidate, but McCarthy's allies have been pushing what they say is an "O.K." strategy — "Only Kevin." There is potential for the process to drag out for hours or even days if McCarthy is unable to convince some of the holdouts to back him.
McCarthy's No. 2, Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise, has publicly backed McCarthy and predicted he will be elected Speaker. But if McCarthy fails to convince enough members to back him GOP members could turn to Scalise as a potential alternative — or some other conservative candidate.
Scalise, who is in line to serve as House Majority Leader, released an agenda for the first two weeks of January. He pledged the House would vote on measures to cancel the boost in funding to hire more IRS agents, and bills dealing with border security and abortion. But until the Speaker is elected, the House Committees can't form, members cannot be sworn in to start the new session, and the rest of the business is stalled out.
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eretzyisrael · 8 months
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The House will vote on Tuesday on a resolution introduced on Monday by House Republicans rejecting claims that Israel is racist or an apartheid state, condemning antisemitism and declaring support for Israel.
While the text of the legislation itself does not mention Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) by name, the brief, eight-line resolution comes in response to comments over the weekend by the congresswoman describing Israel as a “racist state.”
The resolution was introduced by Reps. August Pfluger (R-TX), alongside the two Jewish Republicans in the House, Reps. David Kustoff (R-TN) and Max Miller (R-OH). House Republican leadership fast-tracked the legislation to a vote on Tuesday, ahead of Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday.
In statements on the legislation, its sponsors specifically called out Jayapal and other Democrats critical of Israel.
“Representatives Pramila Jayapal, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar’s repeated comments denigrating Israel are unacceptable and disgusting,” Pfluger said in a statement. “I am proud to introduce this resolution ensuring all Americans know where their Representatives stand when it comes to supporting Israel and our Jewish communities.”
Kustoff called Jayapal’s comments “repulsive and repugnant” with “no place in the hall of Congress, nor in our national conversation.”
Miller, who sponsored the legislation earlier this year that expelled Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said that “Congresswoman Jayapal can try to take back her comments, but her intent was crystal clear—and absolutely deplorable… There is no place for this type of rhetoric in the House.”
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said the legislation comes “in light of the recent rise in anti-Semitic rhetoric we’ve seen from leading figures in the Democrat Party,” without referencing Jayapal, and noted that he’s “proud to schedule this bill ahead of Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit.”
The resolution is expected  to receive wide bipartisan support. Democratic leaders in the House quickly distanced themselves from Jayapal’s comment. On Monday, 43 House Democrats joined a statement led by pro-Israel Jewish Democrats disavowing Jayapal’s comments and declaring support for Israel.
Signatories to that statement include nine members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which Jayapal leads: Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Frederica Wilson (D-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Dan Goldman (D-NY), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA) and Grace Napolitano (D-CA). Additional progressive lawmakers have also distanced themselves from Jayapal’s remarks.
At the same time, some on the left have dismissed the legislation.
“This is not a pro-Israel resolution. It’s a cynical ploy so that Republicans can continue to waive their arms and yell about Israel and antisemitism while not doing anything to make life better for Israelis, much less even acknowledging that Palestinians exist,” Americans for Peace Now CEO Hadar Susskind said in a tweet. “It’s garbage.”
J Street, which endorsed Jayapal, did not respond to a request for comment on how or whether it was advising members to vote on the resolution.
On Monday, Jayapal tweeted out excerpts from a New York Times op-ed by columnist Michelle Goldberg that derided the backlash to her initial comments as a “hysterical overreaction.”
“The rush to condemn her offhand remarks is […] about raising the political price of speaking about Israel forthrightly. […],” the excerpt that Jayapal tweeted read. “It’s easier for Israel’s most stalwart boosters to harp on a critic’s slight misstatement.”
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saywhat-politics · 6 months
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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said he thinks Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) or Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) would be a “monumental upgrade” over former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Wednesday
"I know this — if it's Speaker Jim Jordan or Speaker Steve Scalise, there will be very few conservatives in the country who don't see that as a monumental upgrade over Speaker McCarthy,” Gaetz said during an appearance on Newsmax.
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glendathegoodone · 6 months
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Jim Jordan wins House speaker nomination after earlier defeat: report - Raw Story
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