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GOP aims to regain control of House floor
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Ryan didn't commit to holding a vote on guns. House Republicans huddled Wednesday evening to plot their next steps. Many GOP members who emerged from the meeting said they didn't want to give in to Democrats and reward "bad behavior" with a vote.
The House is expected to come back into session between 9:30 and 10 p.m. ET and will try to have two votes that aren't related to guns. In an interview with Blitzer, Ryan dismissed the sit-in as a "publicity stunt."
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Thanks for the link, watching from Panama with slow internet, so will wait and see, if possible, the fireworks... seems that the chants from the Dem side are pretty audible...Okay, it's about to start...
Here we go...
Thanks for the link, watching from Panama with slow internet, so will wait and see, if possible, the fireworks... seems that the chants from the Dem side are pretty audible...
Maybe if the Republicans could be smart as well as crafty, they could get a lot of votes called on things they want passed while the Dems are being so recalcitrant to House business.Here we go...
Looks like the British Parliament.
Looks like the British Parliament.
Looks like the British Parliament.
It looks like a banana republic.
Now they're singing "We shall overcome" on the floor.
So, they want to overcome the Constitution. Nice.
Greetings, apdst. :2wave:
I figured it wouldn't last too long, since there were over 160 people who hadn't bathed or changed clothes in a while, all crammed into one room, sitting on a carpet that has had God-knows what tracked on it for weeks! Phew! The smell of body odor, if nothing else, would soon become a real good reason to reconsider the sit-in plan, not to mention looking like a bunch of kindergarteners throwing a hissy fit in the meantime, rudely shouting over the Speaker who was trying to restore order!
This isn't the 60s any more - time has moved on, but some humans haven't, it appears. :failpail:
Μολὼν λαβέ;1065996174 said:They should be singing, "We're off to see the wizard."
That just gave me a great idea.... The Reps. should have held a Conservative Chili Cook-off and then after sampling all the various chilis, "crop-dusted" the congresscritters sitting on floor.
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