These fucking people.
https://twitter.com/sylvanlane/status/1349856059960266753?s=21
FFS
So there’s a little more to this:
In a Nov. 30 letter to Pelosi, Porter asked to be considered for seats on the Oversight and Reform, Natural Resources, and Financial Services committees — in that order — in the new Congress that began on Jan. 3.
Porter also asked Pelosi to “prioritize” her spot on the Oversight Committee and asked to rejoin the Financial Services Committee on a waiver.
Porter will hold onto her seat on the Oversight Committee and join the Natural Resources Committee this year, the Democratic aides said.
A senior Democratic aide familiar with the steering committee decision said it was risky for Porter to prioritize spots on other committees while asking for a waiver to retain her spot on Financial Services after Democrats lost seats in the 2020 election.
I sure am glad the progressives managed to negotiate the bare minimum committee assignments in exchange for supporting Pelosi for another speakership.
Onion.
please?
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“Power-sharing agreement”???
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The absolute worst.
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There has to be more to this.
Right?
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Good thing we won those two seats in GA. If there’s no more to this story then I’m basically done, both here and with the Dems.
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Apparently this is how it was last time it was 50/50 and Dems can still move stuff to the floor and generally control everything. Not gonna freak out over it (yet).
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That was in 2001, totally different political landscape before McConnell started ratfucking everything
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This.
Imagine a completely opposite scenario where the GOP has the VP. Then imagine Mcconnell agreeing to a power sharing arrangement. Hopefully you’re now laughing at how crazy of an idea that is, as McConnell would never agree to such a thing and would crush the Dems.
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It’s hard to pass an organizing resolution for the Senate without some sort of compromise. As it stands, a few committees lack chairs due to retirements, so they are unable to begin Cabinet confirmation hearings even if they wanted to.
Both sides have an incentive to avoid drawing the sort of hard line that inspire Senators such as Manchin, Murkowski, or Collins to switch parties. Are you going to offer Collins a committee chair to jump ship?
Power sharing arrangement?
https://twitter.com/thesopranosclub/status/1279170167524687873?s=21
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Roles reversed McConnell would literally come out with a statement like “the people of America spoke by increasing the number of senators to give Republican control and we will honor their wishes by filling all committees with 100% Republicans”
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Don’t committees always have dems and republicans?
yes
Yes but the party in power controls a majority of all committee seats.
Also, welcome back.
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