Mr Speaker….

When did you learn George Santos isn’t a citizen?

#Democray #Santos #118th #Speaker #House #Congress

118th & TX15th
She Knows How to Stay on Camera

Rep. Monica De La Cruz will proudly fall in-line next week in congress to crash the world economy by letting the debt ceiling fail unless social security cuts, food stamp cuts, Medicaid cuts and, defense cuts are made per the GOP.

Who knew Republicans would pull this by holding the economy hostage like Trump did for 35 days that ended in 2019?

This week beyond camera appearances:

1. No bills submitted on the planks of her platform 3.5 yr campaign run. https://www.monicaforcongress.us/

2. She did get appointed to the Financial cmte; she’ll be regulating the industries that donated $534,000.00+ to her campaign. #PayToPlay https://myrgv.com/featured/2023/01/12/de-la-cruz-selected-for-financial-services-committee/

And https://www.commondreams.org/news/house-republicans-financial-oversight-wall-street

3. She also voted for a house bill that would add over a billion U.S. national debt by eliminating 87,000 tax law, tax enforcement jobs over a ten year period. If enacted, the IRS funding clawback would just go on investigating Texas’s working poor of Texas. Texans have a median annual income of 45K which Monica now earns more than 4 times her constituents in her new tax bracket - WTG congresswoman! (It won’t pass the senate or the POTUS’s desk.)

https://myrgv.com/publications/the-monitor/2023/01/10/de-la-cruz-casts-first-vote-against-irs-funding-increase/

4. Sworn in

5. Voted for the new speaker 15 times.

6. Made sure to document everything on camera and glammed it up on tv.

7. Did not pay back any of that “135,000 communist monies” she and her ex took from the American taxpayers from the paycheck protection plan.

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/22/monica-de-la-cruz-ppp-pandemic-loans/

Be sure to see her on break until Tuesday and she is “in district”.

Just a gentle reminder of this news flip-flopping leader our new congresswoman voted fifteen times. She was never going to have a backbone because McCarthy endorsed her failed campaign and ensured she had funding for her 2022 campaign.

She was won because of redistricting by the Tx GOP, low voter turnout and, party DEMs taking it for granted those who vote - will vote for DEMs just because there is a “D” after candidates’ names. Her district is mostly rural and spread thin with a huge helping of retirement age conservatives clinging to the good old days.

She has chosen to do most of her disinformation on her personal Facebook (FB) page so, the American people can be blocked from commenting. (FB See image, her campaign public relations guru posts comments to dissenting constituents.)

“GOP Leader McCarthy: Trump 'Bears Responsibility' For Violence, Won't Vote To Impeach."

NPR, 13 Jan. 2021.
#DemCastTX #TX15 #SoTx #RGV #118th
https://www.npr.org/sections/trump-impeachment-effort-live-updates/2021/01/13/956452691/gop-leader-mccarthy-trump-bears-responsibility-for-violence-wont-vote-to-impeach

Review - House Rules for the 118th Congress – House to consider controversial changes to the Rules of the House – Short version – https://tinyurl.com/mrm7zp5 #118th

House Rules for the 118th Congress – House to consider controversial changes to the Rules of the House this evening - https://tinyurl.com/y4a2ej48 Subscription required #118th

1-6-23 – 4 Votes – Finally a Speaker – Kevin McCarthy (R,CA) is finally voted in as Speaker of the House in the 118th Congress – https://tinyurl.com/266z2n66 #118th

This was the 1st time #McCarthy’s vote total exceeded #Jeffries’.

Jeffries 211 (1 absent Dem); McCarthy 213.

Which sucks for those of us who dreamt of a #SpeakerJeffries.

Even if McCarthy wins, this #118th #HouseOfRepresentatives is going to be a freakin mess due to the numerous concessions he made.

#House #Speaker #Congress #Dysfunction #GOP #Republican #TrollCaucus #ChaosCaucus #RepublicanDysfunction #KevinMcCarthy

1-4-22 - 5 Votes – Still No Speaker – Constant talk in the press about a pending deal, but it hasn’t been reflected in today’s votes – https://tinyurl.com/mrxj3beb #118th

Join with PDA. This is a moment for progressives to shine.

https://pdamerica.org/on-the-118th-congress-and-why-the-progressive-movement-is-the-solution/

#newcongress #118th #pda #progressive #Democrats

1-4-23 – 3 More Votes – Still No Speaker - https://tinyurl.com/y9ujscnj #118th

At 8:25 PM Eastern on Day 2 of the vote for speaker, #KevinMcCarthy's side is cheering the fact that a motion to adjourn—to prevent him from losing his seventh vote in a row—barely passed with 216 votes.

Wow.

#118th #SpeakerVote

Tara Setmayer's vivid comparison of #KevinMcCarthy to a sado-masochist on Joy Reid's show just now was extremely amusing television.

Greatly reducing my cable news consumption once again after this clown show of a process is over but that was a highlight of my recent viewership.

#118th #SpeakerVote

Move away from this gaslighting ethos that a Black or Brown person's character is enhanced by their willingness to forgive or look past acts of racism directed at them.

#AOC #PaulGosar #118th #BlackMastodon

1-3-22 – 3 Votes – No Speaker – It has been every bit as bad as we expected – https://tinyurl.com/mr3zm6cu #118th

Other Accomplishments:

-returned a chapter to an author with edits
-prepared bagels (which are resting in the fridge now)
-made pretzels

All in all, a WAY more productive day than some wanna-be congressional representatives

#IDidMoreTodayThanCongressDid
#118th

1st Vote in 118th Congress – As expected, no Speaker elected – New vote coming – https://tinyurl.com/4r5f5ebf #118th

There goes the first ballot after just 65 votes … #118th

Elise Stefanik is bragging on CSPAN about how the House Republican Conference is the most diverse ever.

There are 222 House Republicans. Four of them are Black. Five if you include George Santos.

Diversity!

#118th

Watching Raphael Warnock get sworn in and can't help but wonder if Herschel Walker today would rather be a werewolf or a U.S. senator.

#118th

How fast will Kevin McCarthy dump #GeorgeSantos the moment his vote for speaker no longer is needed? #CSPAN #118th

My newest post at FixGov at @BrookingsGov@twitter.com looks at possible #ClimateAction within the new #118th Congress.
What to expect on #climate change from the New #Congress https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2023/01/03/what-to-expect-on-climate-change-from-the-new-congress/ via @BrookingsInst@twitter.com