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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLiars, expulsions and near-fistfights: Congress plumbs the depths in 2023
(Guardian UK) Before House Republicans left for their holiday recess this month, they addressed one last matter of business. They did not take up an aid package for Ukraine or pass an appropriations bill to fully fund the government through the fiscal year.
The House chose instead to vote along party lines to formally authorize an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden, even though Republicans have failed to uncover any proof that the president financially benefited from his familys business dealings.
Instead of doing anything to help make Americans lives better, they are focused on attacking me with lies, Biden said of the vote. The American people deserve better.
The vote was a fitting end to a year defined by new lows on Capitol Hill. From removing a House speaker to expelling an indicted member and issuing threats of violence, 2023 saw Congress explore new depths of dysfunction. And it all started with a days-long speakership race. ...............(more)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/28/us-congress-george-santos-kevin-mccarthy-2023
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Liars, expulsions and near-fistfights: Congress plumbs the depths in 2023 (Original Post)
marmar
Dec 2023
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eppur_se_muova
(37,278 posts)1. More like "Congressional Republicans plumb the depths in 2023".
The problem is NOT a "do-nothing Congress". It's do-nothing Republicans, and none other.
AllaN01Bear
(22,832 posts)2. my late mom called the rs do nothings and that is a title that goes way back for them the do nothing when
a r prez is in office and if a d prez is in office , they make life misrable for them and still do nothing.
AllaN01Bear
(22,832 posts)3. this
William769
(55,783 posts)4. K&R
dlk
(12,234 posts)5. Fake impeachment inquiry
Republicans are making it up as they go along.