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i never ate applesauce, even when a kid

Comparatively between the two of them, Scalise is the adult legislator. But obviously yes what you said.

McCarthy isn't running for the role, right now it's between Scalise and Jordan.

did tao go "mmmmm.... pork butt *Homer Simpson drool*"

https://twitter.com/JosephSzymanski/status/1709553347215196580

now... i just gotta ask - where does the hyphen go in that?

wow you do have birthdays

Rep. McHenry's first official act as Acting Speaker was to evict Nancy Pelosi from her Capitol office https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/10/03/congress/mchenry-pelosi-hideaway-office-house-remove-00119803

he was retiring the next day, it was like an honorary thing https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/house-elects-a-speaker-for-a-day-march-3-1869-235501

https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1709303547387408595

lol the alarm was in an entirely different building

the Bowman stuff was just drama I thought the dude tried to open an emergency exit door to take a shortcut

they're starting the alphabetical rollcall now

Show just started: https://live.house.gov/

The GOP majority is down a (moderate) seat due to a vacancy. Wouldn't be surprised if the Repubs can't get their shit together again. Which is probably part of the Dems' calculus.

everything I've seen indicates Dems appear 100% united https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi/status/1709255016358305973

happy birthday @scoobdog and happy birthday @Stonergoth187! 🎂🔥

For those keeping track, Jimmy Carter turned 99 today.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/01/us/politics/mccarthy-speaker-gaetz.html

idk who that was but they're banned

No, it's on KN's list

saw a lot of posts that said the GOP waived their own rule and provided the Dems no advance time to read the 70-page stopgap to ensure it was clean and that he pulled it to stall for time this being the twitter, I can't say if that's real or speculation

I just sat back down and apparently everything's gone real fuckin weird https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/09/30/congress/bowman-didnt-start-the-fire-00119278

Looks like McCarthy is going to stop trying to do a GOP-only bill and offer a 45-day "clean" stopgap bill with the caveat that it includes no support for Ukraine. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/09/30/congress/3-votes-00119263

https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/1707784508253073422