United States 🇺🇸 US House of Representatives Discussion Thread!

[Sergeant Foley]

Good evening everybody. Here's a full-scale discussion thread on the Federal Government Shutdown. I'll also post archived highlights of previous government shutdowns from over the years.

Please feel free to comment and have at it!

 

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US Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) blasting US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and implying that the triggered MAGA assholes want to vacate the speakership.

 

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So who's the most likely successor here?

US Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK 01) has decided NOT to seek the Speakership, calling for the need of party unity inside the House Republican Conference.


US Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH 04) has the endorsement of former President Donald Trump.
Trump endorses Jim Jordan as next House speaker

US Rep. and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA 01) announced his bid for the Speakership last week.

 

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Latest developments according to RRH Elections: Scalise facing scattered opposition from across the spectrum of the conference in regards to the Speakership chaos.

 

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Latest from CNN and Newsmax:




Scalise denying he's withdrawing from the Speakership race.

 

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RRH Elections has an Open Discussion Thread on the US House of Representatives Speakership Election Updates:
https://rrhelections.com/index.php/2023/10/17/october-17-2023-house-speaker-election-open-thread/

John Bresnahan of Punchbowl News on the upcoming Roll Call Vote as it could be possible that US Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH 04) could very well win the Speakership if he can manage to get all of the holdouts, etc.,


Former US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA 20) predicting that Jordan will become the 56th Speaker of the US House of Representatives.

 

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It appears that US Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH 04) will not be holding a third ballot for the Speakership. He'll be backing US Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC 10) to serve as Interim Speaker until January 2024 according to Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News.

 

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Speculation is swirling around the potential possibility of US Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN 05th) might flip-flop and potentially seek reelection in 2024. This would reverse her previous statement of leaving politics.

 

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Red Racing Horses reported US Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO 04th) will be switching congressional districts and run for reelection in the open CO 04th to replace the retiring US Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO 04th) in 2024.
CO-3, CO-4: Rep. Lauren Boebert (R) to Run for Re-election in CO-4 – RRH Elections

 

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Colorado Sun on the news of Boebert switching to the Colorado 04th congressional district in 2024.
Lauren Boebert will switch congressional districts to improve her chances of winning in 2024

 

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BREAKING NEWS ALERT: US Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO 05th) NOT seeking reelection in 2024 after 18 years in the US House of Representatives.

 

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BREAKING NEWS ALERT: US Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO 03rd) announcing on Twitter that he's NOT seeking reelection in 2024. Note that Luetkemeyer is 71.

 

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Next on the Hit-List of US Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY St): She's calling for the resignation of US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who's facing aggressive backlash from bipartisan group of United States Senators and the like for NOT disclosing the true nature of his medical procedure.

 

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BREAKING NEWS ALERT: US Rep. Greg Pence (R-IN 06th), the brother of former Vice President Mike Pence, announced he will NOT be seeking reelection to a fourth two-year term in 2024.
https:/rrhelections.com/index.php/2024/01/09/in-6-rep-greg-pence-r-will-not-seek-re-election/

 

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It appears that the newly-created African American majority congressional district in Louisiana has pretty much gerrymandered out US Rep. Garrett Graves (R-LA 06th):

 

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Due to the chaos inside the Republican-controlled US House of Representatives and the fact that DC is broken, another retirement courtesy of US Rep. Duren Ruppersberger (D-MD 02nd) who chose NOT to seek reelection this year.

 

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UPDATE: I just updated the title of this Mega-Discussion Thread: "US House of Representatives Discussion Thread".

Enjoy!

 

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Wednesday, 31 January 2024: The House Armed Services Committee held their hearing on "Quality of Life" and heard from the following Senior Enlisted Chiefs on their perspective about Quality of Life problems inside the United States Armed Forces:

*Sergeant Major Troy E. Black
Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Office of the Secretary of Defense.

*Master Chief Petty Officer James M. Honea
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
Department of the Navy.

Sergeant Major Carlos A. Ruiz
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
Department of the Navy, United States Marine Corps.

*Sergeant Major Michael R. Weimer
Sergeant Major of the Army
Department of the Army.

*Chief Master Sergeant John F. Bentivegna
Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force
Department of the Air Force, United States Space Force.

*Chief Master Sergeant Joanne S. Bass
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
Department of the Air Force.