[Roundy]

People need to take a deep breath, remember that Tom is a troll whose sole purpose in life is riling up strangers on the internet and relax. However he wants to try to put it, the Dems still control the Senate, which means they can stifle the Repugnicans' agenda. And yes, given Biden's low level of support and the way these things usually go during midterm elections, that makes the Dems huge winners and the Repugnicans like Tom great big losers. 

[Rama Set]

People need to take a deep breath, remember that Tom is a troll whose sole purpose in life is riling up strangers on the internet and relax. However he wants to try to put it, the Dems still control the Senate, which means they can stifle the Repugnicans' agenda. And yes, given Biden's low level of support and the way these things usually go during midterm elections, that makes the Dems huge winners and the Repugnicans like Tom great big losers. 

Yup.  Gains in the senate and governors seats and smaller than expected losses in the house are unequivocably good results for the Dems.

[Rama Set]

How many votes until the house has a speaker?

[markjo]

Looks like the House doesn't want another round of McCarthyism.

If the Republican holdouts really want to send their party a message, they should just go ahead and give Jeffries the few extra votes that he would need to win.

[AATW]

Aye. What the utter fuck are you lot playing at?

[markjo]

Who ever said that the Speaker must be from the majority party?

[crutonius]

Well it's not like they're going to get anything done anyways.  The only important vote is the debt ceiling.  I think that's a year aware.  So really they can do this for about 11 more months and it shouldn't make any difference to anyone.

[markjo]

Actually, they can't do anything at all until a speaker is elected.  That includes things like forming committees and investigating Hunter Biden.

I'm just wondering how many times McCarthy has to lose before he takes the hint.

[crutonius]

More than 11 apparently.

[Lord Dave]

Actually, they can't do anything at all until a speaker is elected.  That includes things like forming committees and investigating Hunter Biden.

I'm just wondering how many times McCarthy has to lose before he takes the hint.

Now I'm imagining 2024 rolling around and the platform is "Democrats prevented us from investigating Hunter Biden by keeping us from voting on a speaker of the house."