No doubt the CR was bipartisan. But then again it was bipartisan under the last speaker as well. Both even satisfied the supposed stupid rule that any bill needs a majority of Republicans. But the last speaker still lost his job over it.
The inability to elect another speaker for so long. The constituents’ reaction to it. The worsening of the Three Big Crises. Trump’s pronouncements. The increasing proximity of the elections.
Waiting to see the if Speaker Mike honors the debt ceiling deal he voted for. If he does he will get the government funded via 12 appropriations bills. If not your looking at a years long CR or a shutdown.
Its all showmanship to stave off the likes of the freedom caucus. He wants to show he is as Maga as the next man and not really compromising. Which is pretty much the job of the speaker. Negotiate and compromise.
But I’ll say this: I still believe that neither Trump nor Brandon will end up being the respective nominees in November. Not because they will actually lose the primaries, but because both will end up leaving the primaries. One way or another.
But that’s something that belongs in another thread.