House Republicans are so disgusted with their leadership that some of them are now privately wishing they would lose the majority.
According to NOTUS, "The majority of the House Republican Conference, GOP senators, the White House and even members of his own leadership team are fighting with the embattled House speaker and believe Johnson has lost control of his members. They are also confused by his strategy, as he has repeatedly fumbled attempts to get must-pass legislation through the chamber."
Johnson finally managed to get an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on a bipartisan basis, following days of wrangling and negotiations, noted the report. "But his conference walked away from the process scarred. Some Republicans told NOTUS it was unwise for Johnson to have clumped multiple controversial bills into one rule — including one for Republicans’ budget blueprint for reconciliation. That decision deterred Democrats, who went out of their way to support the failed rule on FISA earlier this month."
One higher-ranking Republican member of Congress told NOTUS, “This is what happens when you have leadership who can’t organize a one-car parade.”
Another said there's essentially no point to having a House majority, and they almost wish the rush of Republicans resigning from Congress would give Democrats the reins: “If we were to lose the majority now, it’d be a blessing in disguise. Because maybe then Democrats would go off the rails and do something stupid, and maybe voters would actually give us another chance in November.”
Wednesday saw yet another round of drama, with the farm bill repeatedly being delayed, undelayed, and delayed again as various members raised objections.
