>Speaker Mike Johnson was on the verge of an embarrassing defeat on the floor: the narrowly divided GOP-led House was on track to reject billions in DOGE cuts.
>Then he pulled aside Rep. Nick LaLota, a New York centrist, who had just voted no. With the vote still open, several minutes of tense conversation followed before LaLota ultimately went to change his vote. Within seconds, the package of spending cuts narrowly passed.
>LaLota wouldn’t divulge specifics of his conversation with Johnson, but suggested to reporters that it had something to do with his push for state and local tax breaks – an issue so contentious that it could threaten President Donald Trump’s agenda getting through the Senate this month.
I hope this chud’s office is flooded with calls and emails. There are 0 principled republicans.
Imagine we didn’t have half a dozen open seats cause elected Dems literally DIED OF OLD AGE RATHER THAN GIVE UP THEIR SEAT
affnn on
Wow I’m so glad we had all those septuagenarians with cancer in our caucus, it’s really fuckin paid off.
Fish_Totem on
I hate that these articles don’t link to the Congress.gov page for the bills. I get why they can’t list every vote but I want to know which dems were missing.
atierney14 on
9.4 b in cuts to net positive things for citizens, 4.5 t in regressive tax cuts, 1 t to the Gestapo, can someone good at math add that up?
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>Speaker Mike Johnson was on the verge of an embarrassing defeat on the floor: the narrowly divided GOP-led House was on track to reject billions in DOGE cuts.
>Then he pulled aside Rep. Nick LaLota, a New York centrist, who had just voted no. With the vote still open, several minutes of tense conversation followed before LaLota ultimately went to change his vote. Within seconds, the package of spending cuts narrowly passed.
>LaLota wouldn’t divulge specifics of his conversation with Johnson, but suggested to reporters that it had something to do with his push for state and local tax breaks – an issue so contentious that it could threaten President Donald Trump’s agenda getting through the Senate this month.
I hope this chud’s office is flooded with calls and emails. There are 0 principled republicans.
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Imagine we didn’t have half a dozen open seats cause elected Dems literally DIED OF OLD AGE RATHER THAN GIVE UP THEIR SEAT
Wow I’m so glad we had all those septuagenarians with cancer in our caucus, it’s really fuckin paid off.
I hate that these articles don’t link to the Congress.gov page for the bills. I get why they can’t list every vote but I want to know which dems were missing.
9.4 b in cuts to net positive things for citizens, 4.5 t in regressive tax cuts, 1 t to the Gestapo, can someone good at math add that up?