The ouster of the Speaker McCarthy from the top of the US House raises some questions: Do House members actually want to get things done?
Why isn’t this kind of drama happening in the Senate?
We asked a political scientist to answer these and more questions.
https://theconversation.com/ouster-of-speaker-mccarthy-highlights-house-republican-fractures-in-an-increasingly-polarized-america-214993
@TheConversationUS Be clear: it’s the republicans who absolutely don’t want to get things done. Their entire ideology is to obstruct.
The vast majority of Republicans voted to keep the chamber open and getting things done, though.
They were outvoted by Democrats siding with a few oddballs.
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023519?Page=2
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The Republican called for the vote safe in the knowledge that he'd have the backing of Democrats willing to shut down the chamber.
I do doubt that the guy would have called for the vote without that expectation of Democratic support for that nuclear option.
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@volkris @TheConversationUS Remember, it was a Republican who called for the vote in the first place. It’s republicans wasting time with a bullshit impeachment.