House leader always lets as many as possible vote against an unpopular measure-he knew the numbers.

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House leader always lets as many as possible vote against an unpopular measure-he knew the numbers.

Author: BaronVonZemo (62106 Posts - Joined: Nov 19, 2010)

Posted at 12:18 am on Jun 1, 2023

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Unfortunately, with the economy this brittle under Brandon, we had no choice.

Replies to: "House leader always lets as many as possible vote against an unpopular measure-he knew the numbers."

165 Democrats voted for McCarthy’s bill. Only 149 Republicans voted yes. - conorlarkin - 9:45pm 5/31/23 (30) [View All]
- 435 politicians that all couldn’t agree on something.Like that’s never happened before . I just saw - MuskyTommy - 6:01am 6/1/23
- All Republicans are Communist scum. MAGAT's are inbred morons. - NocalIrish - 1:02am 6/1/23
  - Hatred and violence comes from the Left. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 8:25am 6/1/23
  - Thx for the redundancy, leper. [NT] - fredyo - 7:26am 6/1/23
    - He’s worse than a robo-caller. [NT] - Hensou - 7:39am 6/1/23
- From what I've heard, even the $10B 'Haircut' for the IRS leaves them with more than they've ever - TyroneIrish - 12:27am 6/1/23
  - Except they aren't going to actually audit the rich. [NT] - jabbadoody5 - 12:38am 6/1/23
    - Auditting the rich is wasting time. They use the legal loopholes their lobbyists put in the code - Curly1918 - 8:27am 6/1/23
      - Nothing but 'smoke' to avoid exposing what's really been going on for decades with the GOP...btw, [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 11:43am 6/1/23
      - Exactly. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 11:04am 6/1/23
      - Yep. [NT] - jabbadoody5 - 9:57am 6/1/23
    - And you know this how?... [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 12:45am 6/1/23
      - I've already explained this. IRS agents average, at most $72k/yr. - jabbadoody5 - 8:38am 6/1/23
        You haven't explained anything, Jabba...just a bunch of assumptions and assertions with nothing to [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 11:26am 6/1/23
        I literally have explained it - jabbadoody5 - 11:36am 6/1/23
        
        Well done. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 11:05am 6/1/23
      - the better question is why do you want the govt in so many aspects of your life? [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 7:25am 6/1/23
- House leader always lets as many as possible vote against an unpopular measure-he knew the numbers. - BaronVonZemo - 12:18am 6/1/23
- You're a tremendous wuss. [NT] - jabbadoody5 - 11:25pm 5/31/23
- Some would call that a bipartisan compromise. - iairishcheeks - 10:13pm 5/31/23
  - It was a bipartisan hostage negotiation. - conorlarkin - 10:19pm 5/31/23
    - I love it when you make a complete fool of - ColeyO - 10:31pm 5/31/23
      - Biden was masterful in guiding McCarthy to safety. - conorlarkin - 10:47pm 5/31/23
        Biden and masterful are a contradiction in terms; - cubsfanin16 - 2:57pm 6/1/23
        
        Jennifer Rubin? Really? Well, that settles it !! [NT] - ColeyO - 11:21pm 5/31/23
        A conservative political commentator throughout most of her career, until Trump. - conorlarkin - 4:13am 6/1/23
        But definitely not her. Do better [NT] - ColeyO - 11:14am 6/1/23
        
        Good thing there weren't any stairs involved. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 10:59pm 5/31/23
    - I take it you are no where near done bitching. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 10:29pm 5/31/23
      - That's a given. [NT] - Cole - 3:30am 6/1/23

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