Speaker Mike Johnson’s push to pass a stand-alone package for $17.6 billion in Israel aid is on the brink of collapse amid opposition from far-right Republicans and Democratic leaders, according to multiple GOP sources.
In a “Dear Colleague” letter to lawmakers over the weekend, [Mike] Johnson attacked senators for excluding him and the House from bipartisan negotiations over a border security deal, which is expected to be paired with aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan.
Whenever I see something like this, I think of an ER staffer who was telling the story of a violent patient who punched a nurse. The man was instantly pounced on by doctors, nurses, and hospital security, who restrained him in ways he interpreted as hostile and unfair.
She said: “He reacted with shock and outrage, as if we were old friends who had just betrayed him.”
Don’t be a dick and then get outraged if people react accordingly.
Plus, there is a process for the house to weigh in on senate bills. They two chambers have to come to an agreement on any bill before it passes. He literally would always have a say in it, just later in the process.
Him whining about not being extended a courtesy is just pathetic.
Whenever I see something like this, I think of an ER staffer who was telling the story of a violent patient who punched a nurse. The man was instantly pounced on by doctors, nurses, and hospital security, who restrained him in ways he interpreted as hostile and unfair.
She said: “He reacted with shock and outrage, as if we were old friends who had just betrayed him.”
Don’t be a dick and then get outraged if people react accordingly.
Plus, there is a process for the house to weigh in on senate bills. They two chambers have to come to an agreement on any bill before it passes. He literally would always have a say in it, just later in the process.
Him whining about not being extended a courtesy is just pathetic.
Yup. Like every other time the GOP is “wronged” nowadays, his whining is to reframe himself as the victim as a pretext to retaliate.