The Longest-Running Play in DC: Failure Theater

Another grim staging of the GOPe favorite.

The Democrats can always count on ten Republicans -- and always the same ten -- to vote the Democrat way on any tough vote.

Let's see who tonight's turncoats are.

Speaker Mike Johnson's funding bill is now facing opposition from half a dozen Republican colleagues as the window of opportunity to avert a government shutdown is closing.

Johnson's continuing resolution and attached SAVE Act, an election integrity bill that requires proof of citizenship for voter registration, is poised for a vote Wednesday and is now facing pushback from GOP lawmakers who have fiscal and national security concerns. As of this writing, six Republicans are confirmed no-votes and several others are on the fence, which gives very little wiggle room for Johnson's CR to pass the House.

Defense hawks like Republican Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana and House Armed Services Chair Mike Rogers are confirmed no-votes, citing national security.

Absolute scumbags, liberals and catspaws of the CIA.

Others are against the CR in general. But what is the alternative? It's too late for Congress to do its job and go back to regular appropriations.

This seems like grandstanding and preening:

Due to fiscal concerns, Republican Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Tim Burchett of Tennessee, Cory Mills of Florida and Matt Rosendale of Montana all intend to vote against the funding bill.

"A vote for a continuing resolution is a vote to keep adding $1 trillion to our debt every 100 days," Burchett told the Daily Caller News Foundation. "That's not the way Congress is supposed to operate."

Agreed but.... Obviously you cannot actually go through the proper procedures in time to fund the government. By withholding your vote, you're forcing Mike Johnson to drop the SAVE Act provision to get Democrats to cross over to vote for it.

Are these people simply stupid? Are they incapable of distinguishing between real fights happening right now vs. more philosophical, big-picture fights happening all the time? Are they incapable of distinguishing between Something Good (returning to regular order) and Something Absolutely Vital (requiring voter ID)?

Due to the GOP's slim House majority, the conference can only afford to lose four votes, assuming that every member is in attendance.

"I refuse to be a thespian in the Speaker's failure theater," Massie said in a post on X. "The 6 month continuing resolution with the SAVE Act attached is an insult to Americans' intelligence. The CR doesn't cut spending, and the shiny object attached to it will be dropped like a hot potato before passage."

Some might say that you're the star of this most recent Failure Theater production, Massie, as you so often are, claiming your Princibuhls force you to vote the Democrats' way time and time again.

I know a guy named David French who says that too, Massie. You should get in touch. You seem very sympatico.

Other Republicans like Reps. Paul Gosar of Arizona, Eric Burlison of Montana and Eli Crane of Arizona are hesitant about voting for the CR, according to Punchbowl.

Some vulnerable Republicans had reservations about attaching the SAVE Act to the funding bill, arguing that the possibility of a shutdown could impede their chances of reelection. The speaker reassured these Republicans during a private call last week that he wouldn't go into this spending fight if he thought it would fall through.

Johnson told GOP lawmakers during the call that his strategy will force Democratic leadership to answer for why they oppose election integrity measures, a source with direct knowledge of the call told the DCNF.

I'm just so, so tired. After this election, I think I'm done. They can all go fuck themselves.

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:56 PM

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