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Wednesday, July 26th, 2023

GOP Congressman admits ‘most of what we do is bad’ as Republicans push for federal government shutdown

Author:     David Badash
Source:     AlterNet
Publication Date:     July 25, 2023
 Link: GOP Congressman admits ‘most of what we do is bad’ as Republicans push for federal government shutdown
Stephan:  

Biden has created a thriving economy, climate change is threatening all of that, and what are the Republicans trying to do. To shut down the government make everything function poorly, while they try to impeach Biden. The Republicans need to lose so badly in the coming election that the party reforms. We cannot go on as a country with one party committed to Democracy and the other committed to… beyond power and greed I don’t really know.

Speaker of the House Representative Kevin McCarthy Credit: Creative Commons

Far-right House Republicans aching for a battle with President Joe Biden are pushing for a federal government shutdown if they do not get their way on massive spending cuts and the addition of extremist policies added to major “must-pass” spending bills. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy is supporting them.

“Prompted by a rebellion from House conservatives who want to spend less than a recent budget deal and engage with culture war issues, Speaker Kevin McCarthy,” NBC News reports, “is setting up a showdown with Democrats over must-pass funding bills ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline, raising fears of a government shutdown.”

U.S. Rep. Bob Good, a far-right Republican of Virginia, Tuesday morning on the steps of Capitol Hill pushed for a government shutdown, falsely claiming Americans wouldn’t even notice, and suggesting shutting down the U.S. Government would be good for the country.

He insisted, ”we should not fear a government shutdown.”

“Most of what we do up […]

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1 Comment

  1. sam crespi on Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 6:05 pm

    Very strong statement from a Repub! I do sense that there are voters wo are beginning to realize that the Grand Old Party is more troublesome than not. DiSantis is losing ground.. FLA GOP voters saying they never thought they would witness what they’re witnessing.