• monolift@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    I’m seeing lots of ‘New Speaker is [insert whatever you want that’s against humans in general] (maybe a slight over-exaggeration, but it doesn’t feel like it) But can anyone ELI5 how you all ended up in this state, and how you get back out? What’s the impact of this individual being Speaker?

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      1 year ago

      How we ended up here: Following Trump, an increasingly aggressive, authoritarian, what you might call fascist far right coalition has started causing problems in the house (ironically, they’re called the Freedom Caucus). The Republicans are divided, but they technically have the majority along registered party lines. Because of this, the Freedom Caucus can choose to force them to do things because, without them, they can’t do anything at all without crossing the aisle.

      What effect it have: Mostly nothing. Democrats have a majority in the senate and hold the presidency. The house alone can’t pass anything. They can vote on things and pass it on to the senate where it will die if it’s bad, but that’s it. They can also choose to not allow a vote on bills with bipartisan support that would pass if they didn’t have control.

      The largest effect will hopefully be in the elections. Hopefully people see this shit and choose to vote for something else. There’s no way to know though. This could empower them potentially by allowing them to grandstand and maybe force the senate to vote against things that are poisoned to make then look bad.