The tables have turned for House conservatives.

Six months ago, emboldened by a new GOP majority and armed with new rules designed to rein in government spending, Republican deficit hawks stormed into the 2024 appropriations debate hoping to secure steep cuts and threatening to take on anyone who stood in their way.

When their Speaker, Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), cut one too many spending deals with President Biden, they booted him from power.

But Congress last week wrapped up the 2024 spending battle with bipartisan votes to approve a massive, $1.2 trillion government funding package — and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) survived the biggest fight of his short, five-month tenure

  • Political Incorruption@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Keep dreaming of a “fair” world; it’s a fantasy. Your principles will leave the country with a guy who just said, “You have to finish up your war. You have to finish it up. You’ve got to get it done,”.

    “Get it done” means finish the extermination, if you have trouble reading between lines.

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      3 months ago

      Yeah, I hate that I have to compromise on things, but when it comes down to it, I’d rather have more rights and have to watch Palestinians die than have fewer rights and have to watch Palestinians die.

      Its a fucked situation anyway you slice it, but there it is.

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        3 months ago

        Choosing between two elderly men that may die before the end of their term is a fundamentally horrible situation.

        We’re on a rough political timeline.

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        We know what Biden is telling Nyet N Yahoo. You are simply spreading misinformation. Very transparent.