In interviews with NOTUS, several Republican Party senators expressed dismay and disgust with their GOP counterparts in the House over fears they will once again spiral into chaos trying to pick the next speaker.
On Friday, the House will convene and the major order of business will to be to vote on whether current House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will be handed the gavel again with a "razor-thin" GOP majority in control.
As Riley Rogerson of NOTUS wrote, House Republicans are trying a "shake off a close call with a government shutdown and prepare for Donald Trump’s first 100 days," as "lawmakers are starting to grapple with a simple reality: They may not be able to do much of anything."
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The threat of a dysfunctional GOP-majority House has some Republican members of the Senate sniping at them, with Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) telling reporters during the budget battle, "They can’t even extend government funding. They’re going to do this all over again in March. There’s a debt ceiling fight coming up. Good luck.”
The NOTUS report points out, "But, for the moment, even after a disastrous government funding fiasco that ended with a slimmed-down bill and many angry Republicans, GOP lawmakers suggested all it would take is teamwork."
One Republican senator is not sure it is possible.
According to Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD), “The bigger challenge is in the House, where they have to get their act together. They’ve got to build their team, and they’ve got to understand that this should be a priority for all of us.”
Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD) agreed.
“The Republicans are fractured. They’re all over the map," he claimed. "They can’t unite themselves, I mean, they, after all, are the majority, and they should be able to do it themselves.”
Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) contributed, “It’s going to get real tough getting this stuff done. Our work is cut out for us.”
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