""It doesn't matter what we do in the House," GOP Speaker Mike Johnson announced in a press conference this week. While it's tempting to give the MAGA leader grudging points for candor, that churlish admission speaks volumes about a once-robust legislative branch now relegated to inert duty as a satellite Trumpian messaging complex: a glorified Fox News set with gavels."
"Johnson was fending off press queries about why the House hasn't returned from its fall recess for five weeks now, and disingenuously blaming Senate Democrats for the holding pattern, since they continue to reject continuing resolutions to fund the government that omit the Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits that would prevent monthly insurance payments from increasing by well over 100 percent for many middle-income families."
The House has remained out of session for five weeks during its fall recess. House leaders blamed Senate Democrats for blocking continuing resolutions that omit Affordable Care Act tax credits needed to prevent monthly insurance payments from increasing by well over 100 percent for many middle-income families. Senate Republican leadership could suspend the filibuster to pass the spending resolution by majority vote. A long pattern of last-minute continuing resolutions stems from both chambers failing to approve annual appropriations. Deliberate leadership choices and a narrow Republican majority have ceded legislative initiative to the White House, producing lockstep votes for major spending, tax, and health-care cuts that contributed to the shutdown.
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