House Republicans Hang Separately - WSJ Editorial

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Hakeem Jeffries probably can’t believe his luck. As House minority leader for less than a year, he gets to watch the Republican majority implode without having to do a thing. That’s the story in Congress as House Republicans form a circular firing squad over the most basic of duties—passing an annual budget. As Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke, a former Navy Seal, put it in a visit to our offices on Monday: It’s hard to govern “when you have snipers inside the perimeter.” He means fellow Republicans.

The details of the internecine feuding are too boring to relate to busy readers. But the essence of the problem is that too many Republicans have forgotten the reality of the current Beltway balance of power. Their only hold on power is a four-vote majority in the House, one of the narrowest in history. They don’t hold the Senate or the White House. This means that the only way House Republicans can accomplish anything is by sticking together. If they can rally 218 votes to pass something, they have a chance to win policy victories. If they can’t, they give the advantage to Democrats. It really is that simple.

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House Republicans can’t even pass the defense or homeland security spending bills, which should be the easiest and contain many GOP priorities on military spending and border security. Recalcitrant Members—“snipers inside the perimeter”—are demanding that somehow the House cut even more spending than the debt-ceiling bill stipulated.

They’re willing to shut down the government to make their point, which is the equivalent of holding your breath until you pass out. Conservative and moderate factions worked out a spending stop-gap bill that cuts overall non-defense spending by 1% from 2023 levels to keep the government running through Oct. 31, but even that seems to lack the votes.

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[LiberaBlueDem]

1. Vote the bums out

When the Dems ruled the house, things, good things were done for the people.

Now republicnans are showing what they really are, bums making things impossible. They hate America and democracy.

[republianmushroom]

2. Where's kevin ?

[Martin68]

3. You know the GOP is in trouble when the WSJ publishes something like this. I love, "The details of

the internecine feuding are too boring to relate to busy readers."