#Kevin Burchett

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Bad movie I have Boy Did I get a Wrong Number 1966

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« Republicans are challenging labor leaders to fights and allegedly physically assaulting one another. Donald Trump says he will abolish reproductive rights entirely and is openly calling for the extermination of his detractors, referring to them as “vermin” on Veterans Day. The Republican Party has emerged from its corruption cocoon as a full-blown fascist movement. »

— Laura Clawson at Daily Kos writing about the state of the Republican Party.

If anything can possibly be both blood-curdling and laughable at the same time, it's the current GOP.

We all know about Trump's demented Hitlerian rantings and the failure of most Republicans to condemn them. But perhaps some of us missed news of the GOP on Capitol Hill getting personally hot-headed.

Tempers flare at Capitol as McCarthy denies elbowing colleague, senator challenges witness to fight

And that bizarreness doesn't include the latest hysterics from Marjorie Taylor Greene or indictments related to George Santos.

The next thing may be Chip Roy placing a Whoopee Cushion on the Speaker's chair to protest the temporary government funding extension.

GOP = Group Of Psychotics. It's certainly not a bunch of people you want running the country and messing up your life.

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The emotion I am feeling right now. There are not words in the English language.

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These are the 21 Republicans who voted against the measure:

ANDY BIGGS(Ariz.)

Dan Bishop (N.C.)

Lauren Boebert (Colo.)

Ken Buck (Colo.)

Tim Burchett (Tenn.)

Eric Burlison (Mo.)

Michael Cloud (Texas)

Eli Crane (Ariz.)

Matt Gaetz (Fla.)

Paul Gosar (Ariz.)

Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.)

Wesley Hunt (Texas)

Nancy Mace (S.C.)

Mary Miller (Ill.)

Cory Mills (Fla.)

Alex Mooney (W.Va.)

Barry Moore (Ala.)

Troy Nehls (Texas)

Andy Ogles (Tenn.)

Matt Rosendale (Mont.)

Keith Self (Texas).

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Superman and Batman Magazine #2: A Night at the Opera

by Kelley Puckett; Mike Parobeck; Rick Burchett; Rick Taylor and Tim Harkins

Cover by Kevin Altieri and John Calmette

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"Everybody's is a critic!"

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Jospeh Gedeon at The Guardian:

Mike Johnson’s grip on the House speakership faces a crucial test on Friday, as mounting opposition from within his own Republican party threatens to derail his re-election bid, despite receiving an endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump. With Republicans holding a razor-thin 219-215 majority in the House, Johnson can only afford to lose one vote – a threshold already reached after the Kentucky representative Thomas Massie publicly declared his intention to vote against the incumbent speaker. The 52-year-old Johnson, who ascended to the speakership weeks after the historic ousting of the California Republican Kevin McCarthy last year, finds himself caught between appeasing hardline conservatives and maintaining functional governance. His decisions to work with Democrats across the aisle for billions in Ukraine aid in the spring and on recent short-term government funding in December have simultaneously bothered both the party’s libertarian and right flank. “I don’t know how to say this without cussing,” Massie told reporters when asked about supporting Johnson. “If they thought I had no Fs to give before, I definitely have no Fs to give now.” Johnson had been able to secure and hold on to his position because Democrats backed him following McCarthy’s ouster. But should Johnson fail to secure a majority on the first ballot this time around, the House would again be thrown into a state of paralysis until a speaker is elected, as no other business can proceed without one. The brewing rebellion is holding fast even with Trump’s intervention. Despite offering his “Complete & Total Endorsement” of Johnson on Truth Social on Monday, and describing him as a “good, hard working, religious man”, the backing appears to have done little to cool general dissent among Republican holdouts.

While Trump was able to sway some Republicans, like one-time skeptic Texas representative Troy Nehls, other prominent noncommittal Republicans remain, including the Arizona representative Andy Biggs, Pennsylvania’s Scott Perry and Chip Roy of Texas. The chair of the hard-right House Freedom caucus, Andy Harris of Maryland, and Tennessee representative Tim Burchett are also still undecided, according to Axios. And notably silent is the Colorado Republican Lauren Boebert, who last May reasoned that “it makes no difference to me” who becomes House speaker because, she said, Democrats get their agenda passed in either scenario. The Indiana Republican Victoria Spartz demanded “assurances [Johnson] won’t sell us out to the swamp” in a post on X before pledging her support. The South Carolina Republican Ralph Norman echoed that sentiment, telling Axios a growing number of Republicans were asking for promises on spending cuts.

Tomorrow is the opening day of the 119th session of Congress with a very slim GOP majority, and there will be a Speaker vote before any other business is taken care of.

Incumbent House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), endorsed by Donald Trump, is running for the spot again, but will he get elected on the first go? Or will he go through what former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy went through that took 15 rounds? Or despite Trump’s endorsement, he gets replaced by a different Republican? Stay tuned.

In the wrapped up 118th Congress, it took 15 votes to get a Speaker elected to start the term, in which McCarthy prevailed.

See Also:

NOTUS: Trump Is Coming to Mike Johnson’s Aid. It Might Not Matter.

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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

November 14, 2023

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

NOV 14, 2023

This evening, by a vote of 336 to 95, the House of Representatives passed a bill to fund the government. Pushed by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), the measure funds the government at current spending levels. Funding for different parts of the government will run out on two separate dates: January 19 and February 2. The measure does not include any funding for military aid to Israel or Ukraine. 

Democrats provided most of the votes for the measure, which passed under a special rule that required two thirds of the House to agree to it. The Democrats provided 209 yes votes; the Republicans, 127. Two Democrats and 93 Republicans opposed it.

The Democratic House leadership, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA), and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-CA) and Vice Chair Ted Lieu (D-CA), released a statement saying:

“From the very beginning of the Congress, House Democrats have made clear that we will always put people over politics and try to find common ground with our Republican colleagues wherever possible, while pushing back against Republican extremism whenever necessary. 

“That is the framework through which we will evaluate all issues before us this Congress. We have consistently made clear that a government shutdown would hurt the economy, our national security and everyday Americans during a very fragile time and must be avoided. To that end, House Democrats have repeatedly articulated that any continuing resolution must be set at the fiscal year 2023 spending level, be devoid of harmful cuts and free of extreme right-wing policy riders. The continuing resolution before the House today meets [those] criteria and we will support it.”  

Just two Democrats opposed the measure. Ninety-three Republicans did. 

Passing a continuing resolution at the same spending levels as fiscal year 2023 with the help of Democrats while much of his own party opposes it puts Johnson in the exact same place Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was in when eight extremists voted to oust him from the speakership: relying on Democratic votes to fund the government. 

Far-right extremists were angry at Johnson and took an official stand against it. Now they are talking about retaliating against the speaker by holding up any further legislation in procedural votes so it cannot move forward, grinding the House to another halt. Johnson might have been trying to address that anger when he today endorsed former president Donald Trump for president in 2024, a move his predecessor McCarthy refused to make.  

But McCarthy supporters looked at Johnson getting a pass for the same deal that cost McCarthy his leadership and cried foul. Republican tempers ran hot on Capitol Hill today as Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN) accused former speaker McCarthy of elbowing him in the kidney as McCarthy passed him in the House basement while Burchett was talking to NPR reporter Claudia Grisales. Clearly taken aback, Grisales tweeted: “Have NEVER seen this on Capitol Hill: While talking to [Burchett] after the GOP conference meeting, former [Speaker McCarthy] walked by with his detail and McCarthy shoved Burchett. Burchett lunged towards me. I thought it was a joke, it was not. And a chase ensued….” Burchett was one of the eight Republican representatives who voted to oust McCarthy from the speakership.  

In a House hearing of the Oversight Committee on the U.S. General Services Administration, chair James Comer (R-KY) angrily told Representative Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), who was wearing a blue suit, that he looked like a Smurf (a small, blue cartoon character). Comer angrily defended himself from Moskowitz’s observation that Comer had lent the same amount of money to his own brother that President Biden lent to his brother James. 

Comer has insisted without any proof that Biden’s loan was illicit; Moskowitz has repeatedly asked Comer to testify about his own loan. "That is bullsh*t," Comer said of Moskowitz’s observation that the American people would like to know more about his own loan. Moskowitz answered: "Your word means nothing, Mr. Chairman.... I think the American people have lots of questions, Mr. Chairman, and perhaps you should sit maybe for a deposition."

That was House Republicans today. 

In the Senate, at a hearing of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Republican Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma tried to start a physical fight with one of the witnesses, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union Sean O'Brien. O’Brien had criticized Mullin on Twitter, and Mullin wanted to fight it out. O’Brien indicated he was more than ready. Mullin got up from his chair as if to begin, when Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), chair of the committee, yelled at him to sit back down. “You are a United States senator!” he shouted. 

Meanwhile, the Biden administration today celebrated the drop of the inflation rate to zero for the month of October, meaning that prices did not rise at all between September and October. That flat month means the yearly inflation rate dropped to 3.2% for the past year. Much of that lower inflation rate reflects lower gasoline prices, which dropped 5% in October. 

Under the Democratic administration, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which oversees the maintenance of fair business practices, has been much more aggressive about policing misconduct, and today it announced it filed 784 enforcement actions and claimed $4.95 billion in penalties in the fiscal year that ended in September. This financial recovery was the second highest in the history of the SEC, second only to last year’s amount of $6.4 billion. 

The White House yesterday announced a new initiative on women’s health research designed to combat the fact that women’s health has been ill studied, leaving half the nation’s people suffering from poorly understood debilitating conditions such as endometriosis and fibroids, as well as being diagnosed or treated incorrectly for disorders such as cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and autoimmune disorders.

Today the White House issued the fifth national climate assessment, which showed a decline in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions despite the growth of the population and of the economy. The White House statement attributes this decline to efforts to mitigate emissions and the increasingly available low-emissions options. In the last decade, it noted, wind energy costs dropped 70% and solar energy costs dropped 90%. In 2020, 80% of new energy generation capacity came from clean energy. Climate change and related extreme weather events are rapidly intensifying, the administration warned, and will cost the U.S. at least $150 billion a year. 

Reflecting that fact, Biden today announced more than $6 billion in investments to strengthen the electric grid, reduce flooding, support conservation, and advance environmental justice, as underserved communities bear the brunt of weather events. The money is coming primarily from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the  Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the Inflation Reduction Act.

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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

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23 Republican Senators & 124 Congressmen signed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court asking for a 50 state ban on mifepristone, a drug safer than tylenol that is standard treatment for abortion & miscarriages, "due to safety concerns". The brief DARES to argue that banning the life saving drug would save women from 'reproductive control'. (x) These 147 people would rather have women die of sepsis than let women control their own bodies. If your representatives are on this list, call them and tell their office you will be voting against them in the next election because they asked SCOTUS to throw the US medical drug system into chaos at the cost of American lives.

United States Senate

Lead Senator: Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS) John Barrasso (WY) Mike Braun (IN) Katie Britt (AL) Ted Budd (NC) Bill Cassidy (LA) Kevin Cramer (ND) Mike Crapo (ID) Ted Cruz (TX) Steve Daines (MT) Josh Hawley (MO) John Hoeven (ND) James Lankford (OK) Mike Lee (UT) Cynthia Lummis (WY) Roger Marshall (KS) Markwayne Mullin (OK) James Risch (ID) Marco Rubio (FL) Rich Scott (FL) John Thune (SD) Tommy Tuberville (AL) Roger Wicker (MS)

United States House of Representatives

Lead Representative: August Pfluger (TX–11) Robert Aderholt (AL–04) Mark Alford (MO–04) Rick Allen (GA–12) Jodey Arrington (TX–19) Brian Babin (TX–36) Troy Balderson (OH–12) Jim Banks (IN–03) Aaron Bean (FL–04) Cliff Bentz (OR–02) Jack Bergman (MI–01) Andy Biggs (AZ–05) Gus Bilirakis (FL–12) Dan Bishop (NC–08) Lauren Boebert (CO–03) Mike Bost (IL–12) Josh Brecheen (OK–02) Ken Buck (CO–04) Tim Burchett (TN–02) Michael Burgess, M.D. (TX–26) Eric Burlison (MO–07) Kat Cammack (FL–03) Mike Carey (OH–15) Jerry Carl (AL–01) Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA–01) John Carter (TX–31) Ben Cline (VA–06) Michael Cloud (TX–27) Andrew Clyde (GA–09) Mike Collins (GA–10) Elijah Crane (AZ–02) Eric A. “Rick” Crawford (AR–01) John Curtis (UT–03) Warren Davidson (OH–08) Monica De La Cruz (TX–15) Jeff Duncan (SC–03) Jake Ellzey (TX–06) Ron Estes (KS–04) Mike Ezell (MS–04) Pat Fallon (TX–04) Randy Feenstra (IA–04) Brad Finstad (MN–01) Michelle Fischbach (MN–07) Scott Fitzgerald (WI–05) Mike Flood (NE–01) Virginia Foxx (NC–05) Scott Franklin (FL–18) Russell Fry (SC–07) Russ Fulcher (ID–01) Tony Gonzales (TX–23) Bob Good (VA–05) Paul Gosar (AZ–09) Garret Graves (LA–06) Mark Green (TN–07) Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA–14) H. Morgan Griffith (VA–09) Glenn Grothman (WI–06) Michael Guest (MS–03) Harriet Hageman (WY) Andy Harris, M.D. (MD–01) Diana Harshbarger (TN–01) Kevin Hern (OK–01) Clay Higgins (LA–03) Ashley Hinson (IA–02) Erin Houchin (IN–02) Richard Hudson (NC–09) Bill Huizenga (MI–04) Bill Johnson (OH–06) Mike Johnson (LA–04) Jim Jordan (OH–04) Mike Kelly (PA–16) Trent Kelly (MS–01) Doug LaMalfa (CA–01) Doug Lamborn (CO–05) Nicholas Langworthy (NY–23) Jake LaTurner (KS–02) Debbie Lesko (AZ–08) Barry Loudermilk (GA–11) Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO–03) Tracey Mann (KS–01) Lisa McClain (MI–09) Dr. Rich McCormick (GA–06) Patrick McHenry (NC–10) Carol Miller (WV–01) Mary Miller (IL–15) Max Miller (OH–07) Cory Mills (FL–07) John Moolenar (MI–02) Alex X. Mooney (WV–02) Barry Moore (AL–02) Blake Moore (UT–01) Gregory F. Murphy, M.D. (NC–03) Troy Nehls (TX–22) Ralph Norman (SC–05) Andy Ogles (TN–05) Gary Palmer (AL–06) Bill Posey (FL–08) Guy Reschenthaler (PA–14) Mike Rogers (AL–03) John Rose (TN–06) Matthew Rosendale, Sr. (MT–02) David Rouzer (NC–07) Steve Scalise (LA–01) Keith Self (TX–03) Pete Sessions (TX–17) Adrian Smith (NE–03) Christopher H. Smith (NJ–04) Lloyd Smucker (PA–11) Pete Stauber (MN–08) Elise Stefanik (NY–21) Dale Strong (AL–05) Claudia Tenney (NY–24) Glenn Thompson (PA–15) William Timmons, IV (SC–04) Beth Van Duyne (TX–24) Tim Walberg (MI–05) Michael Waltz (FL–05) Randy Weber, Sr. (TX–14) Daniel Webster (FL–11) Brad R. Wenstrup, D.P.M. (OH–02) Bruce Westerman (AR–04) Roger Williams (TX–25) Joe Wilson (SC–02) Rudy Yakym (IN–02)

If your representatives are on this list, call them and tell their office you will be voting against them in the next election because they asked SCOTUS to throw the US medical drug system into chaos at the cost of American lives.

Help to patients who have to cross state lines to get medical care by donating to your local abortion fund here. (x)

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Seething Fox & Friends Host Brian Kilmeade Goes Off on Rep. Tim Burchett for Ousting Kevin McCarthy, Mocks Him for Praying Over Vote (Video) | The Gateway Pundit | by Kristinn Taylor

Never watch Fox News again

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TLDR: Nancy Pelosi was great at the job of Speaker. She put the work in, which Kevin McCarthy isn't doing, and she is a thoroughly decent human being too.

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McCarthy accused of elbowing lawmaker, while fight nearly breaks out in Senate

Wa-Po Gift Article - the girls are fighting~~~~~

absurd excerpts below (I bolded some bits):

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) declared during his weekly news conference Tuesday that the House “is a pressure cooker” after lawmakers have spent roughly a dozen grueling weeks together in the halls of Congress. That was evident minutes beforehand when Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) came up behind Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and began yelling in his ear, accusing him of elbowing him in the back as they passed each other in a crowded hallway. The Senate had fireworks of its own Tuesday as Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) brought a hearing about corporate greed to a standstill as he confronted one witness, stood up and challenged him to a fistfight.

[...]

Joanne B. Freeman, a history and American studies professor at Yale University who wrote a book detailing the history of violence in Congress, wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: “Please stop providing fodder for Field of Blood volume two.”

[...]

The episode between Burchett and McCarthy was not captured on video but was witnessed by reporters. “Hey, Kevin. Why did you walk behind me and elbow me in the back?” Burchett asked as The Post interviewed McCarthy. “You have no guts.” “I didn’t do that,” McCarthy replied. As Burchett continued to yell, McCarthy laughed and said, “Oh my God.” Burchett was one of eight Republicans who voted to oust McCarthy as House speaker, a rebuke the California lawmaker has bitterly noted, publicly and privately. “You are so pathetic,” Burchett said before slowing his steps to avoid being directly behind McCarthy. “Thank you, Tim,” McCarthy said.

[...]

McCarthy denied intentionally assaulting Burchett but acknowledged he may have inadvertently bumped into him while they were in a crowded hallway. “I would not elbow. I would not hit him in the kidney,” McCarthy told reporters. They were in a hallway, and “I guess our shoulders hit.” McCarthy later added: “I guess our elbows hit as I walked by. … If I would hit somebody, they would know I hit them.” He also brushed aside a question about Gaetz filing a complaint to the Ethics Committee, telling reporters, “I think Ethics is a good place for Gaetz to be.”

[...]

Mullin, who says in his biography that he turned his family’s plumbing business into “the largest service company in the region,” began reading a June 21 social media post by O’Brien that questioned the lawmaker’s business acumen. The two had sparred previously over the senator’s claims of business success. “Greedy CEO who pretends like he’s self made,” Mullin read Tuesday, quoting O’Brien’s post. “In reality, just a clown & fraud. Always has been, always will be. Quit the tough guy act in these Senate hearings. You know where to find me. Anyplace, Anytime cowboy.” Mullin, then speaking to O’Brien, said, “Sir, this is a time and this is a place,” pointing his finger to the floor between the two men. “You want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults. We can finish it here.” After O’Brien said that would be “perfect,” Mullin asked, “You want to do it now?” “I’d love to do it right now,” O’Brien said as he sat at the table where witnesses and guests routinely speak to lawmakers. “Stand your butt up then,” Mullin shot back. “You stand your butt up,” O’Brien responded. After Mullin stood up, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the committee’s chairman, could be heard on video saying, “Stop it” and “Sit down.” Amid the cross talk, O’Brien could be heard saying, “Is that your solution?” Sanders, imploring Mullin to sit down, said, “You’re a United States senator!”

stand. your butt. up. this is third grade shit.

absurd--all absurd.

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Tim Burchett Says Kevin McCarthy Elbowed Him In The Back. The Tennessee Republican suggested the former speaker is still mad that he voted to take away his gavel. http://ow.ly/PP0a1051SsU

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csak egy normális nap az amerikai törvényhozásban

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In an exclusive interview, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) tells Ask a Pol, while UFOs aren’t the talk of the town in her Bronx district, she attended the House Oversight Committee’s UFO hearing because it overlaps with her efforts to reign in the military industrial complex.

“Probably less so in my district, but I do believe that there are intersections here that are very relevant to work that I’ve done, particularly, around defense contracting and transparency from the Pentagon,” AOC told Ask a Pol as she was walking back to her office after leaving the UFO hearing. “We have had many, many, many issues regarding that, and I think it extends across many different subjects.”

When we asked her what’s next, Ocasio-Cortez said it, basically, depends on two things:��Oversight Chair James Comer and the public.

A classified hearing with UFO whistleblower David Grusch “would be a potential next step for the committee,” AOC says, “if we have support from the chairman.”

Always an organizer at heart, AOC says there’s one surefire way to overcome potential resistance from Comer, Speaker Kevin McCarthy or other GOP powerplayers, including those who Reps. Tim Burchett (R-TN) and Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) say put up roadblock after roadblock leading up to the hearing.

“I think that ultimately comes down to politics. I think it’s important for everyday people to weigh in on their support, even if it’s in a closed setting,” AOC told Ask a Pol. “If people want that follow-up, I think it’s important that they express that.”

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Contact Oversight Chair James Comer's office! Tell him there needs to be a classified house oversight hearing for David Grusch!

1-202-225-3115. Press 2 for non resident. Leave a voicemail.

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Superman/Batman Magazine #5: All Mx'd Up

by Louise Simonson; Mike Parobeck; Rick Burchett; Glenn Whitmore and Albert DeGuzman

Cover by Kevin Altieri and John Calmette

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