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Chaos Caucus Wins The Day

[ Posted Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023 – 15:20 UTC ]

We are now officially in uncharted waters. The speaker of the House of Representatives has been deposed. The Chaos Caucus of hardline rightwing Republicans won the day, with the help of the entire Democratic Party. Kevin McCarthy is speaker no more.

This is all unprecedented and, as a result, historic. Nobody's even entirely sure what the next steps will be. From the New York Times liveblog of the vote, immediately after McCarthy lost:

"Now what?" one Republican loudly asks. This has never happened in the House of Representatives before.

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[ 10/3/23 ]
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The First Motion To Vacate The House Speaker's Chair

[ Posted Monday, October 2nd, 2023 – 15:59 UTC ]

There are a lot of momentous things going on in the political world this week -- including Donald Trump sitting inside a courtroom facing a lawsuit -- but what is going on in the House of Representatives right now somehow seems more important than watching this particular episode of "The Trump Show." Because we may see a move this week that hasn't been made in over 110 years, and (win or lose) it is going to shift the power structure in the House from this point on in some way or another, even if nobody's got a clue which direction it will shift in.

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[ 10/2/23 ]
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