House GOP Decides Not to Vote on Shutdown Deal They Say They Want

Trump just scared them by firing Bondi. Now they need to go lick his nuts to see what his current mood is, so that they know what their next move should be.

The Trump admin wants to normalize ICE at airports and privatize TSA, funding TSA… doesn’t do that. They need more TSA agents to quit, so that they can say “we should let private companies manage this because it causes to many issues and costs too much money…. But ICE has to stay for security”. So they don’t intend on passing anything related it. They want all TSA to hurt so they will quit.

“…TSA workers still won’t be paid…” Nor will FEMA, Coast Guard, or CISA workers. All three of those DHS agencies are there to prevent or directly assist in the event of a disaster or attack - and we are at war against an adversary that has special talent in cyber and terrorist attacks. Let’s pay these people.

They vacation while feds who protect us from terrorists getting on airplanes go without pay.

Bad news doesn’t get better with time

They know the Dems will cave and they’ll get everything they want.

A constitutional amendment that would get all money out of politics is popular on both the left and right, but has 0 chance of passing under our current representatives who are bought and paid for by the billionaire oligarchs. We need to primary every one of their corrupt asses.

We also need to tackle the problem of disinformation, which is extra problematic due to how we apply the first amendment but if organizations like faux news can continue spreading false propaganda without real consequences our system will not survive.

As a resident of Pennsylvania I am all for the ability to recall representatives, looking at you Fetterman.

you're on step like 300 of fixing this broligarch nightmare, but there are a bunch of other steps that need to happen first.

We need snap elections for when Congress fails to pass a budget

It only makes sense when you understand that all of this is for an audience of one. All the GOP reps with half a brain in their heads are resigning, rather than facing the humiliation (and possible death threats) of running as anything other than full MAGA in the midterms. The ones left, well it's a calculation. If they stay good with Trump, maybe they lose, but if they become one of his targets they lose for sure.

There is no strategy. The GOP caucus is deeply divided and incompetent and so this is just a reflection of that. Like asking what the strategy is when you see two 4 year olds fighting.

A problem is it's a bunch of politicians who have to placate a very specific subset of voters or else they risk getting primaried. That subset of voters are largely complete idiots.

i would guess that they already know they will be losing the majority and im 90% sure they want to try to bundle the SAVE act into it for any chances of them holding the house.

It's hard to fathom that it isn't for anything other than to privatize TSA. There's going to be even more problems because the executive memorandum put TSA workers into active pay status, meaning they have to use their vacation/sick time to cover any time missed instead of utilizing furlough status. That means they have to decide to quit, work without pay and without calling off, or call off and not get paid. We also know that ICE is in airports and doing some of the work. Not to mention that Homan didn't even commit to pulling ICE after the shutdown is over. Contracted security means you get people in for half the cost and that aren't likely to be a pawn in subsequent spending bills. They already covered funding for their projects as well as for ATC, who were the bigger factor in ending shutdowns quicker. So feasibly, ICE supplements TSA until airports begin to privatize. Privatizing TSA is in project 2025, so would be another win for them.

Johnson has some far-right congressmen in the House that would pitch a fit if they went for unanimous consent and didn’t bring it to the floor for a vote. They want to be on record for voting against it for their base.  Plus, Trump is going to pass an EO within the next day or so to fund the rest of DHS so he can play hero like he did with TSA. That’ll buy time until they return from recess in a week and a half. 

you get time to keep brainwashing them with media

There is no strategy. It's a show for one person and one person only.

Mikey is against it, and creates chaos and uncertainty. No money for anyone, more protests, violent protests, and Trump brings in his private and fully financed army of ICE thugs...

In 4 years we'll be seeing new 30s cartoons

The House GOP simply wants to get rid of the entire legislative branch. They serve no purpose with their current approach / methodology. They simply want to cede all warmaking and financial policy to the executive. The 2 f****** things the FOUNDERS said "nah one dude can't have that much power". They are quite frankly anti american traitors

Technically he’ll fund staff but not additional appropriations. That’s going to be a problem for funding things like travel or grants. 

Why wouldn't it be? Congress has given up their power of the purse and gave it to their king

The GOP has refused to participate in good faith debates, in governing, and in putting country over party since Obama took office. They have been going scorched earth with everything ever since. With them, it’s totally zealotry. Right now they’re completely dominated by extreme religious ideology and fascism. None of this is new though, it’s been going this direction since Nixon and Reagan. They’ve had a game plan the whole time and they have been very effective at capitalizing on uncertainty. The Democrats on the other hand have been more or less completely inept at capitalizing on their successes, and as a result also fail to govern effectively. The whole system is in shambles.

He looks like someone who Colbert would have played before his show.