Republicans retain control of House, Speaker Johnson's future uncertain
thehill.com

Republicans are projected to keep control of the House of Representatives, handing the party total control of Washington with former President Trump back in the White House in January.

Decision Desk HQ projected the GOP would hold the House by winning its 218th seat on Monday, the number needed for a majority in the lower chamber.

  • happybadger [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    120·
    7 days ago

    But consider the outcome if democrats hadn’t committed genocide. The republicans might have taken all three branches of government.

    But consider the outcome if democrats had passed any particular policy. The republicans might have taken all three branches of government.

    But consider the outcome if democrats had shot everyone involved with January 6th. The republicans might have taken all three branches of government.

    But consider the outcome if democrats hadn’t started World War 3. The republicans might have taken all three branches of government.

    smuglord

    • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      81·
      7 days ago

      Her electoral performance is the worst since Dukakis lmfao

      And just like him, history books will teach that she lost for being too “left” or “liberal” with the latter being true but not in the way they mean it

    • FortifiedAttack [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      35·
      7 days ago

      I have no idea what the “parliamentarian” is, so every time I read a post about it I’m imagining some anonymous figure with a Mandalorian helmet sitting in congress looking serious.

      • miz [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
        31·
        7 days ago

        nobody else did either, until they trotted her out to put the kibosh on… I think it was student debt relief?

      • SevenSkalls [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        9·
        7 days ago

        I think it’s some rules lawyer expert like people are saying. IIRC they brought it out because they were making a Reconciliation Budget Bill, which they do like only once or twice a year, and the rules are that bill has a lower threshold to pass (since everything is filibustered now you need 60% to basically do anything else) but it has to be budget related stuff. When there was a question on whether some progressive legislation counted, the parliamentarian came out to read the ancient scrolls and divine from the stars that it didn’t count and couldn’t be put in the bill.

  • AOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    53·
    7 days ago

    welp, it was nice knowin y’all, here’s hoping the rest of the world can put down the rabid corpse of the dead fascist empire that is our country after they purge us all, and build a better world once america is dead and buried

    (unless they somehow manage to fuck this up and accomplish nothing by catching biden and the dems’ brain disease, not exactly unlikely considering that this would be a more stable path for capital than letting the chuds go hog wild)

    • fox [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      17·
      7 days ago

      The GOP is just as much a big tent as the Dems but there’s a bigger fraction of rabid hogs that can’t cooperate on anything but blocking actions, so we’ll see

  • godlessworm [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    47·
    7 days ago

    so how fucked are we now that the most evil people control all branches of government? do dems hold close enough of an amount of seats to oppose anything they wanna do at all?

    • alcoholicorn@lemmy.mlEnglish
      48·
      7 days ago

      The dems can filibuster anything except the budget reconciliation bill. The republicans can remove the filibuster with a simple majority vote.

      The republicans can put anything at all in the budget reconciliation, but the Senate parliamentarian can say no. The Senate majority leader can fire and appoint the Senate Parliamentarian at will.

      The Senate Parliamentarian also determines whether more than 1 budget reconciliation bill is allowed per year.

        • alcoholicorn@lemmy.mlEnglish
          72·
          7 days ago

          The worst part is, last time republicans held both houses and the presidency, under bush, they removed the filibuster and replaced the Parliamentarian when he wouldn’t do what the republicans wanted.

          Then as soon as Obama got into power and democrats controlled everything, they put all those handicaps back on, gave the republicans half the discretionary budget (despite not needing any republican votes), and brought back Pay-go.

          It was explained at the time by west-wing brained liberals that the republicans would reciprocate and that this was somehow better than just passing the laws your constituents want without them. And if they didn’t, the republicans would be punished by voters for being so unreasonable. Instead of dem voters staying home in 2010 because they just saw their own representatives doing what the republicans wanted instead of what they elected them to do.

          And then we saw the same shit play out again between the 2020 and 2022 elections.

            • alcoholicorn@lemmy.mlEnglish
              44·
              7 days ago

              The westwing nonsense about compromise and ineffectiveness being virtuous and the idea that “everyone votes for who they’re closest to ideologically, so the best strategy is to tack closer to your opponent” just won’t die, despite being proven wrong every single time for 30+ years.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      31·
      7 days ago

      And the filibuster! The dems kept precious norms!

      -–

      I really hope President Trump says “Why do we have a parliamentarian? We don’t have a parliament. No parliamentarian. They’re fired. And no filibuster. It’s gone. 50 votes is good. 60 votes is stupid…”

      No brakes on the Trump Train

      • Lovely_sombrero [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        22·
        7 days ago

        A parliamentarian is appointed by the majority and their opinions are advisory. So if you want to kill the $15 minimum wage increase, first you have to appoint a parliamentarian who disagrees with the $15 minimum wage and then you have to pretend like they are an expert (and not just a political appointment) and that their opinion is somehow binding. So much circular bullshit “clever politics”, just to lose to Trump ANYWAY.

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
    32·
    7 days ago

    Bluesky libs are so shell-shocked that there are hardly any threads on the GOP winning the House. And the threads that exist don’t have many likes. Most of the comments aren’t worth mentioning but I did like these two.

    Can’t blame Dems when you’ve got a trifecta.

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    Honestly, good. Let them pass their destructive agenda. Buyer’s remorse will kick in in a few months.