Tag: House Republicans
Lapel Pinheads
House Republicans are knuckle-dragging cretins
Masquerading as tough-talking ruffians.
Touting the Second Amendment,
Don’t they look resplendent
Wearing suits with AR-15 lapel pins.
The Republican Exodus
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David Wasserman: “When President Trump was inaugurated in 2017, there were 241 Republicans in the House. Since then, 104 of them (43%) have either retired, been defeated, or are forgoing reelection in 2020.”
The Only Good Conservative Is a Happy Conservative
I believe in being a happy conservative.
— House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), in an interview with David Brody.
Reid Says House Has Done Nothing
House Republicans are failing even by their own metric. They’ve replaced virtually nothing. So by the speaker’s own admission, they’re not getting anything passed and by his own analysis, they’re getting nothing repealed. So they’re doing nothing.
— Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), responding to Speaker John Boehner’s weekend comment that the GOP-dominated House of Representatives should not be judged on how many laws it passes but on how many laws they repeal, Politico reports.
House Republicans Have Spent 15 Percent of Their Days Since 2011 Trying to Repeal Obamacare
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Number of days since Republicans took over the House that they have devoted time to voting on repeal of President Obama’s signature health care overhaul. Thursday’s 37th vote to repeal means they have held votes on only 281 days since taking power in January 2011, and Republicans have spent no less than 15 percent of their time on the House floor on repeal in some way.
House Prepares to Vote Down Obamacare — Again
33rd or 37th
Number of times the U.S. House of Representatives will have tried — unsuccessfully — to repeal the 2010 health-care reform law when it comes up for a vote next week, the Washington Post reports. Congressional aides can’t agree on the actual number of votes.
Boehner Wept – Again
“He wasn’t sobbing, but he definitely teared up.”
– Speaker Boehner’s spokesman
– Speaker Boehner’s spokesman
At a meeting of the House Republican freshmen and their leaders on Wednesday, there wasn’t a dry eye in the room — including the speaker’s.
Representative Martha Roby of Alabama had just finished reading an e-mail of support from a one-time Tea Party opponent, recognizing the tough choices that the new Republicans faced in the vote to raise the debt ceiling.
Mr. Boehner, who has become well known for his occasional displays of emotion, joined others in the room by crying a bit during the closed-door session.
