relatively easy time passing its rules package, its first order of business, but the rules package includes provisions like the motion to vacate, which makes it easier to remove the speaker, kevin mccarthy. it also gets rid of pandemic era changes like proxy voting, it imposes rules and limiting spending and blocking tax increases. house republicans also passed a pair of disingenuous and deceitful antiabortion bills that were designed to push propaganda rather than addressing real concerns about women s reproductive rights. their decision to pass these bills during the first week of that new term, and despite the overall unpopularity of their antiabortion positions, demonstrates how they seriously are about governing in general. republicans made it clear months ago that they intend to use their tenure to investigate democrats. the rules package includes a provision that allows the house to create a new subcommittee to investigate the origins of covid and to scrutinize the wor
A total of the 34 parties and other political organizations in Germany are running in the European elections in June. The Federal Election Committee approved a total of 35 parties and associations at its public meeting in Berlin on Friday. Since the conservative CSU is only available for election in Bavaria and its sister party, the CDU, is running in all other federal states, there will be only 34 parties and associations on ballot papers. The newly founded populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (
the increasing of the debt limit, which they might actually get. that might be the one that a bunch of moderates come over and say, we won t be party to the economic destruction that is going to befall us if we don t. but how do democrats act in this thing? do they sort of stood to their guns and lose a lot of votes? it s going to be very scary if this political theater then gets transplanted on to a debt negotiation. because then what you re dealing with is the actual credit worthiness of the united states of america, and it s not just an economic issue. it s a national security issue. so, it s critical on the part of the democratic party, is that it has to be a party of reason, and always have to express, they in and day out, that is willing to work with reasonable republicans to get things done. now, keep in mind, the democratic caucus in the house needs to be allies of that group of 60 in the united states senate that will actually get things done in a