'The American People Did Not Vote for Whatever the Hell This Is,' Warns House Democrat | Common Dreams
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Rep. Jim McGovern said the House GOP's rules package offers "the clearest window yet into their agenda for the next two years."

Summary

The House GOP’s new rules package aims to weaken minority party influence while advancing a pro-corporate agenda.

Key provisions include shielding the House speaker from bipartisan accountability and fast-tracking 12 GOP bills without allowing amendments, including measures to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) and protect fracking.

Democrats, led by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), criticized the package for ignoring economic and social issues like inflation and housing while prioritizing tax cuts for billionaires.

Republicans plan to offset these costs by slashing social programs, sparking warnings of further congressional dysfunction.

  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
    131·
    3 days ago

    It’s easy to obstruct when you have any 1 of the 3 (house of reps, Senate, or presidency). They have none. The only tool they have is the filibuster and we’ll see what happens there.

    • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      3 days ago

      It’s also easy to obstruct if you don’t care about having a functioning government at the end of the day.

    • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      3 days ago

      The only tool they have is the filibuster and we’ll see what happens there.

      This will be gone the nanosecond it becomes inconvenient.