All posts tagged "House Gop"

Former President George W. Bush's chief campaign strategist Wednesday compared House Republicans to a flock of birds he predicts aren't going to fly in formation in 2024.

"It's a caucus like herding quail," Matthew Dowd told MSNBC host Richard Lui. "And you can't herd quail because they're all over the place."

This comment came on the heels of a revelation from Lui that the Republican House has passed just 3.5 percent of the bills they introduced in 2023, and a question as to whether Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) would ultimately be able to "knock some heads together." ...

House Republicans are digging into the sofa cushions for votes to impeach President Joe Biden.

A formal impeachment of the president is all ready to go forward, but for the fact that there aren't enough votes to back the move, according to a CNN report citing multiple senior GOP sources.

The effort is to fortify their stance against the White House and the president’s son Hunter, as they find pushback in their requests to secure critical documents and testimony to back up their accusations that he acted improperly....

Former Pennsylvania Republican congressman Charlie Dent is letting it be known that for the House to get in order they need to reach over the aisle with an olive branch.

"The House Republican Conference is deeply fractured," he said during an appearance on MSNBC's "Alex Wagner Tonight." "I've been saying for sometime now that Hakeem Jeffries is going to probably have to come in and help solve this problem."

Dent explained that to get to some semblance of business as usual, his friends must start working with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and fellow Dems and cede some of the political sway. ...

Multiple congressional reporters warned on Thursday that the ongoing chaos in the House Republican conference could soon drive a wave of resignations among congressional staff.

This comes as Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), who previously was on the verge of at least temporarily bowing out of the speaker race after losing two ballots, said that he's going to try for a new vote over the weekend.

"From a GOP staffer in response to the news of weekend votes… 'I see a mass staff exodus from the House if this doesn’t resolve soon. Staff have lives and families too,'" Punchbowl News' Mica Soellner posted on X. Another GOP aide reportedly reacted in fury to this, telling her, “Nobody would even notice if you exited politics... Stop whining about having to do your job. Imagine having a front row seat to history and complaining you didn’t get to go apple picking this weekend.”...

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) helped catalyze the current Republican House meltdown, by leading the charge to call a vote to dismiss House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-FL), upending most business in Congress and paralyzing the House as Republicans fight over who to elect in his place.

But Gaetz is completely unapologetic about his actions, as he made clear in a post to X on Thursday afternoon.

"Ever seen a SWAMP actually drained? This Florida Man has. It’s not orderly," he wrote. "Turns out, the alligators & snakes get unruly when the comfort of their habitat is disrupted. Chaos doesn’t scare me. American decline does. Our fight continues."...

Former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA) tore into his former party on MSNBC Friday night, over their decision to advance a speakership nomination for House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH).

"What does it tell you that this is a Republican Party that took the very unusual step, with a narrow margin, of siding with Democrats to oust its leader and now can't find a new one?" said anchor Ari Melber.

"It's — I can't even say it's unbelievable anymore," said Riggleman, who previously served as an adviser to the House January 6 Select Committee. "When you look at what's happening behind the conference... the screaming that was going on, I almost wonder, Ari, it's like monkeys flinging poo and screeching."...