'The American People Did Not Vote for Whatever the Hell This Is,' Warns House Democrat | Common Dreams
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Rep. Jim McGovern said the House GOP's rules package offers "the clearest window yet into their agenda for the next two years."

Summary

The House GOP’s new rules package aims to weaken minority party influence while advancing a pro-corporate agenda.

Key provisions include shielding the House speaker from bipartisan accountability and fast-tracking 12 GOP bills without allowing amendments, including measures to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) and protect fracking.

Democrats, led by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), criticized the package for ignoring economic and social issues like inflation and housing while prioritizing tax cuts for billionaires.

Republicans plan to offset these costs by slashing social programs, sparking warnings of further congressional dysfunction.

  • @[email protected]
    10•5 days ago

    Trump did not get the majority of votes and if the house was not gerrymandered there would be no GOP majority there as well.

    • HubertManne
      8•5 days ago

      he won the popular vote this time so im not sure what you mean by not getting the majority of votes.

      • Laurel RavenEnglish
        3•4 days ago

        Because technically he got just shy of 50%, so while he got the highest vote count, he didn’t win a majority

        • HubertManne
          2•4 days ago

          where do you get that? Everything I have seen has him over 50% of votes cast.

          • Laurel RavenEnglish
            1•4 days ago

            AP shows him receiving 49.9%.

            Not to be rude, but it isn’t hard to find… And people made a big deal (too big, really) when he dropped below 50%.

            Anyway, just responding to why they said that he didn’t get the majority… It’s splitting hairs at this point, but I guess it makes some people feel better about what it means and what’s coming.

            • HubertManne
              1•3 days ago

              its rather harder than you think. I had a hard time getting vote totals instead of just electoral college and percentages that were not just based on top two. I clicked the link you provided and I don’t see it anywhere. just electoral college and vote totals but no percentage.

              • Laurel RavenEnglish
                1•3 days ago

                You don’t see right under the blue/red electoral bar the vote totals for each with the percentages of total in parentheses next to them? Is that not showing for you?

                I see it on Firefox Android in mobile mode and in desktop mode

                • HubertManne
                  1•3 days ago

                  ah ok I do actually. It just so light on a white background and everything I use is high contrast so its nearly invisible to me. Would be nice if they showed that last few percent. At least an other category.

    • @[email protected]English
      5•5 days ago

      Gerrymandering has been a part of the system since the founding of the country. It shouldn’t exist, but everybody knows the rules of the game. The candidates all knew what they were getting into and knew that they’d have to break through all the gerrymandering in order to win.

      You can’t play the game knowing what the rules are, then blame the rules when you lose.

      • @[email protected]
        2•5 days ago

        Go ahead and defend the system but don’t say the majority voted for this, because the rules expressly allow for minority rule.