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.

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    3 days ago

    We didnt vote for a bottomless pit of our tax money to fund a racist-far rightwing genocide against Palestinians so Israelis can steal their land, either.

    But here we are.

    McGovern is cashing AIPAC’s checks and voting how they say, so he knows exactly how this stuff works-- No need to play stupid. Eat a bag of ass, Rep. McGovern.

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      For what it’s worth Israel is buying most of the weapons. It’s not bottomless tax payers money, although tax payers money does go to Israel that they use the buy weapons.

      But it’s not like every headline about more arms to Israel is out of your pockets, but some is.

      It’s still profiting from the situation though which is also terrible.