immigrants? illegal invaders? athletes?
Speaking of Republicans worried about immigrants or even people who may not look like them, we have this:
Tag: Republicans
Republican lies about immigration
There are problems with our immigration system but Republicans do not want to fix them. Republicans seem to want this as a campaign issue. They will continue to tell lies and attack immigrants whether is seems reasonable or not,
The latest example is blaming the Baltimore bridge disaster on immigration and diversity
Renegade: Defending Democracy and Liberty in Our Divided Country by Adam Kinzinger
After the shock of the January 6, 2021 insurrection (https://www.jackreidy.com/blog/2021/07/02/insurrection-based-on-a-lie/ and https://www.jackreidy.com/blog/2021/12/06/a-national-disgrace-or-6/), I followed the news about it closely. I was very impressed by the 2 Republicans who sacrificed their positions in the Republican party and ultimately their seats in Congress to serve on the committee investigating this.
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Republican Senators are blocking aid to Ukraine.
This may be the intent of some who don’t think we should be supporting Ukraine. But others are just holding the aid hostage to try to get what they want in immigration policy. This latter group want to hold up aid which is needed to stop Putin’s expansion into Ukraine (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67649497).
I think this is a big mistake. The aid is needed now to resist the invasion. Perhaps more so, since European Union is aid is being blocked by Victor Orban (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67724357).
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House Republicans fail again
House Republicans continue to fail. They failed to pass a budget to allow the government to continue to operate this fiscal year. So they passed a continuing resolution to allow it to stay open to November 17. Now that we are rapidly approaching that date and they have again failed to govern or pass a budget or agree to another continuing resolution. They did the only thing they could agree on – adjourn for a long weekend.
Why the working class changed parties
I have long been puzzled by many of the working class who support Republicans who seem to the working against their interests (lower taxes for the rich, for example). Democrats seem to be doing much more to help the working class and yet they seem to be losing support in this group.
Peter Coy has written a very interesting column today, based on a National Bureau of Economic Research paper , that seems to explain this at least in part.
It is an interesting article a well-worth your time.
Republican clown show continues
It has now been 3 weeks, Congress cannot work. Yes. the Senate can pass important bills. But without the other half of Congress that would be meaningless. The House of Representatives is needed for Congress to work.
Yet the Republican majority fails to appoint a Speaker who would be able to either introduce new bills or allow a vote on Senate bills. This has gone of for 2 weeks and may not get better any time soon. The latest failure is today
Perhaps one day we will actually have a fully functional government but does that require voting most Republicans out?
Full Salary
In my discussion of The Appeasement Caucus a week ago I looked at an amendment to the bill House Republicans proposed to fund the government for the current fiscal year. One which passed would halve reduced the salary of Lloyd James Austin III (The Secretary of Defense) to $1, The amendment is below.
H.Amdt.371 — 118th Congress (2023-2024)
Description: An amendment numbered 164 printed in Part A of House Report 118-216 to reduce the salary of Lloyd James Austin III to $1.
Sponsor: Greene, Marjorie Taylor [Rep.-R-GA-14] (Offered 09/27/2023)
Latest Action: 09/27/23 On agreeing to the Greene (GA) amendment (A020) Agreed to by voice vote. (All Actions)
I’ve noticed he is doing quite a bit on the latest disaster in Israel-Gaza. I’m glad he is making his full salary.
Rapid Growth of The Appeasement Caucus
There seems to be rapid growth of opposition to Ukraine aid among House Republicans. In my earlier post I called these folks The Appeasement Caucus so I’ll just stick with that name. I am not aware if they officially formed a caucus with that name or some other name.
As I recall, last year there were a relatively small number of House Republicans opposed to aid.
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The Appeasement Caucus
Last week as the House considered a bill to fund the government for the fiscal year beginning in a few days (HR 4365), the House considered several amendments. Among them this one to “prohibit security assistance for Ukraine“:
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Tyranny of the Minority of the Majority
The recent vote to vacate the Speaker of the House made me think of “Tyranny of the Minority” which I reviewed a few weeks ago.
In this case a small number of extreme Republicans to vacate the Speaker of the House despite the support of a much larger majority of Republicans.
Almost Funny
As the government moves quickly toward a shutdown, House Republicans are keeping wasting time on things that have no chance of becoming law.
It would be funny if it was not so tragic.
For example, reducing the salary of Defense Secretary Austin to $1 as proposed by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Almost funny, but actually just a few more reasons to vote against the Republicans.
Evidence for an impeachment inquiry ???
Here is a fine opinion article by David French about Kevin McCarthy’s impeachment inquiry-
Where Is the Evidence, Speaker McCarthy?
But as the Speaker’s fellow MAGA Republicans seem to believe: When you have theories, you don’t need evidence.
A good day for tax cheats
Do you cheat on your taxes? Let the other guy pay more to make up for your savings. It turned out someone finally got wise to your cheating ways. A few months ago the government add some funds for the IRS for increasing tax compliance and improving service.
Make the tax system less subject to cheating. Fairer most would think and also raise billions of dollars rather than run up the deficit.
Monday the Republicans in the House voted to cut that funding, It was a good day for tax cheats (at the cost of adding billions to the deficit). fortunately for the rest of us, this seems unlikely to become law.
Midnight Speaker
The House Republicans have been trying to elect a Speaker for the past few days. After 13 failures to elect Kevin McCarthy the House Republicans voted to adjourn until 10 p.m. By the time you figure in nominating speeches and a roll call vote it may be midnight or so until we know the outcome. Maybe even later if there are issues or multiple ballots.
So who will be the midnight Speaker if we have one?