'The American People Did Not Vote for Whatever the Hell This Is,' Warns House Democrat | Common Dreams
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Rep. Jim McGovern said the House GOP's rules package offers "the clearest window yet into their agenda for the next two years."

Summary

The House GOP’s new rules package aims to weaken minority party influence while advancing a pro-corporate agenda.

Key provisions include shielding the House speaker from bipartisan accountability and fast-tracking 12 GOP bills without allowing amendments, including measures to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) and protect fracking.

Democrats, led by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), criticized the package for ignoring economic and social issues like inflation and housing while prioritizing tax cuts for billionaires.

Republicans plan to offset these costs by slashing social programs, sparking warnings of further congressional dysfunction.

  • umean2meEnglish
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    4 days ago

    I agree with some of what you said here, but I think blaming third party voters is a tired and disingenuous take. I haven’t done a deep dive on the numbers, but from what I remember of election day even if every third party voter voted for Kamala she still would’ve lost.

    People who refused to vote ARE a reasonable contribution to the loss, but I still think it’s strange to blame the voters in a democratic vote rather than the parties/media who were supposed to create enough impact to make people vote for them in the first place.

    Strategic voting is flawed not only in the sense that it’s impossible to coordinate a strategy amongst an entire voter base, but also in the sense that it’s counting on people to vote for someone who they don’t want to vote for.