House Crushes MAGA Wrecker Caucus

The House of Representatives by an overwhelming 335-91 margin voted to keep our government open for another 45 days, thereby signaling a major defeat for the wrecker caucus within the House. Among the wreckers are Matt Gaetz, Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar, Lauren Boebert and Margorie Taylor Greene. All of whom were being cheered on from the peanut gallery by Liddle Donnie Trump. It was good to see Democrats and Republicans working together for the common good and it remains to be seen whether Kevin McCarthy will remain speaker. The main drawback in the deal is the absence of funding for Ukraine. Hopefully that will be remedied next week.

I previously wrote about the wreckers in three prior blog posts. (See: https://shulmaven.blogspot.com/2013/09/on-strike-shut-it-down.html, https://shulmaven.blogspot.com/2013/10/after-action-report-on-government-shut.html, and https://shulmaven.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-republican-wrecker-caucus-strikes.html)

Although the characters are different from 10 years ago, the goal remain the same and that is to stop the normal functioning of government to serve their own petty ends. Unfortunately the House Republicans continue to circle the drain, meaning this will not be the last time we have to put with the MAGA wreckers.

The Republican Moral Eunuchs and the Magnificent 13

Yesterday the House approved a resolution of disapproval on President Trump's "national emergency" to fund his border wall by a vote of 245-182. Simply put Trump usurped the power of Congress by declaring his intention to spend $5.6 billion that was previously rejected by the Congress. 182 Republicans voted against the resolution that had President Obama done a similar thing not only would they have voted for the resolution they would have immediately started impeachment proceedings. To my mind these Republicans are moral eunuchs and deserve to be defeated in the 2020 election. They failed to uphold their oaths office to support and defend the Constitution, especially Article I which gives Congress the power of the purse.

However, standing up intense pressure from the White House and Leader  Kevin McCarthy 13 Republican Representatives voted for the resolution. I call them the magnificent 13.  They are libertarian Justin Amash (MI), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), Mike Gallagher (WI), Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA), former CIA agent Will Hurd (TX), Dusty Johnson (SD), Thomas Massie (KY),former leadership member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA), Francis Rooney (FL),
veteran member Jim Sensenbrenner (WI), rising star Elise Stefanik NY), veteran member Fred Upton (MI) and former leadership member Greg Walden (OR). These magnificent 13 members ought to be complimented and financially supported in future elections.

Let's hope the Republican members of the Senate have more backbone than their House counterparts and vote to support the resolution of disapproval when they vote in a few weeks.