congress more shameless than this serial liar we have come to know as george santos and it was that man. kevin mccarthy. this week, the speaker enable offered a full-throated defense of santos once again, despite more damning headlines including that santos was once connected to a florida-based ponzi scheme. let s be honest here, even if santos were found out to be barely made of himself, i think mccarthy wouldn t even abandon him because at the end of the day it is all about power for kevin mccarthy and he needs george santos to keep his grip on the gavel. there is no wiggle room when it comes to support. we know a number of house republicans didn t and still do not support mccarthy as speaker. and if there are any more defections, it makes it much harder for mccarthy to stay in his job. so as long as santos stays loyal to mccarthy, mccarthy will stay loyal to santas. no matter how many times we found out that he may have lived. let s bring in my saturday night panel to discuss this,
on the condition that he would lead as an independent and not caucus with either party. it was a gracious gesture for the functionality of the chamber and rank and file democrats followed her leadership. but now republicans are reneging on their deal to work with democrats. refusing to reach agreement on a rules package for the special session. the standstill is halting any legislation from moving forward, including threatening to derail getting a bipartisan bill to get survivors of child sexual abuse and expanded window to sue their abusers. very painful delay for victims who have been waiting for action. our next guest, john what clinton told the washington post, i am very disappointed that house republicans one more time about politics over the business of the people. joining us now, is pennsylvania state representative and house leader, the democratic, house democratic leader joanna like. clinton leader mcclinton, thank you for being with. as this is a tough story for people outsid
democrats followed her leadership. but now republicans are running on their deal to work with the democrats, refusing to reach an agreement on a rules package for the special session. and the standstill is halting any legislation from moving forward, including threatening to derail, getting a bipartisan bill to give survivors of child sexual abuse an expanded window to sue their abusers, very painful delay for victims who have been waiting for action. our next guest, joanna mcclinton, told the washington post, quote, i m very disappointed that house republicans one more time have put politics over the business of the people. joining us now is the pennsylvania state representative and the house leader, the house democratic leader joanna lead in the clinton, thank you for being with us. this is a tough story for people outside of pennsylvania to follow it is typical in some parliamentary systems that the speaker sort of accuses themselves from political activity. they don t caucus with e
who at the same time one seeds to higher office have since resigned. further complicating matters. and republicans of course are seizing on those complications. arguing that democrats lack in mandate to control the state house. and filed a lawsuit to block the trio special elections that were all but certainly reconfirm democratic control of this chamber. yeah, it s a mess. and it s indicative of republicans new strategy using arcane and sometimes unfair rules to seize power. joining me now is pennsylvania state representative and house democratic leader joanna mcclinton. i should note that representative mcclintock has been sworn in as house majority leader despite all the chaos. representative, welcome. here s the deal, who currently controls the state house? as they stay in halle today,
majorities. i m looking for recognizing that we flipped one chamber to work across the aisle in the senate, to work across the aisle in the house, and to get the best idea on bench appears desks. i applaud the effort and we will stay tuned to the chaos i appreciate you. pennsylvania state representative joe and clinton, thank you very much. ahead, putting a human face on economic inequality. onomic inequality. meet leon the third. leon the second. and leon. the first of them all. three generations, who all bank differently with chase.