A band of House conservatives Friday voted down a GOP bill to avoid a government shutdown. The vote marked a significant — and embarrassing — defeat for Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …

A band of House conservatives Friday voted down a GOP bill to avoid a government shutdown. The vote marked a significant — and embarrassing — defeat for Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …

    • PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee
      62·
      9 months ago

      And? Do you really think those lunatics will run out of zealots they can throw at killing every budget they can until there’s no opposition left?

      • Nahvi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        9 months ago

        Many of them are professional politicians that support their families with those paychecks. It is one thing to convince someone to take an extremist route when it keeps the money flowing, it is another thing altogether when that same action would leave them jobless.

        It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.

        ― Upton Sinclair

        Wait, tell me again why it is so important to not pass a budget?

      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        9 months ago

        Do you really expect them to intentionally lose their job to piss off the opposition? We’re talking about people who cling to power until they die in office.