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Chapter 1: Why are House Republicans struggling to pass a budget?
Just setting aside the fact that Republicans in the House of Representatives are unable to pass a budget and for years they have not been able to pass a functioning budget, they can't even count. nor can Donald Trump. They can't even count their own numbers. You see, Donald Trump has continued to appoint Republican Congress members to cabinet positions and other senior administration positions.
Chapter 2: What does the smallest House majority in decades mean for the GOP?
And now the majority in the House of Representatives by Republicans is the smallest it's ever been. You can take a look at a sample of headlines. House Republicans set for the tiniest House majority since the 1930s. Mike Johnson's new headache, the smallest House majority in history. Mike Johnson's newest headache, the smallest House majority in history.
Chapter 3: How have Democratic gains impacted Republican control?
Analysis, Trump and the GOP will have a historically tiny House majority. What that means, and one of the things that they didn't count or didn't factor in is that Democrats in California were going to flip three additional seats. Three seats that were very close races in California flipped from red to blue in key areas, in the Inland Empire, in Orange County, and in Los Angeles.
Chapter 4: What are the implications of a potential government shutdown?
Some big flips there. We've covered that here on the Midas Touch Network. So what does that mean for MAGA Mike Johnson, who has been unable to even pass a budget? The Republicans under Kevin McCarthy, unable to pass a budget. Well, now we get headlines like this that talk about how are we headed for another government shutdown? This is from The Hill.
Chapter 5: Why are MAGA Republicans unable to govern effectively?
Congress races towards fast approaching government shutdown deadline. And this is with the current House of Representatives. So what they're talking about now on the House is, can they pass another continuing resolution to try to buy time until, say, February or March? in order to keep the government open because they have been unable to pass an actual budget.
That's kind of the most basic constitutional function in Congress, pass a budget. This Congress hasn't done it. So they pass these continuing resolutions. And then MAGA Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House, has like split up the continuing resolutions into tiered continuing resolutions.
And then before that, remember when it came to the debt ceiling, the MAGA Republicans were saying, we're not gonna raise the debt ceiling. We're gonna try to torpedo the United States of American economy into the abyss, into a great depression in order to help Donald Trump.
And then remember, they would say, we're not going to pass the next continuing resolution because we're gonna shut down the government. And here's the thing, with all of these efforts by the MAGA Republicans, it has always been always been the Democrats who have voted to bail the MAGA Republicans out and keep the government alive.
Had it not been for the Democratic votes, the MAGA Republicans would have imploded. And look, I understand it's kind of like the F around and find out videos we talk about. On the one hand, the find out stage means We're all going to be experiencing pain and other Americans will feel pain.
So I don't really like the find out stage when it comes to this continuing resolution crap that MAGA Republicans are doing. Part of me, part of me is, and perhaps maybe the irresponsible part of me, I don't know. It's like Democrats, just let them shut it down. And what would they do in this situation? Just let them shut it down, blame them for it, and show how deeply irresponsible.
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Chapter 6: What is Mike Johnson's stance on bipartisan solutions?
They're the majority. Pass a budget. I understand, though, the instinct for Democrats to want to reach a bipartisan solution and try to figure out how to keep government open. Because if it's shut, that means people are suffering. But the Republicans have the majority, and they can't govern with their own majority. Now that they have the slimmest majority,
majority going forward in the next congressional session, imagine what's going to happen. So they're all trying to get their act together. So where are the MAGA Republicans going? Well, they're now holding a retreat. It's gotta be at a Donald Trump hotel property, right? Where else would it be?
Chapter 7: How does Mike Johnson view the current budget situation?
They're going to Doral in Miami where they're going to be paying, what, millions of dollars, I'm sure, or hundreds of thousands, probably millions of dollars to rent out the ballroom and to rent out all the hotel rooms. That's where they're putting their money towards. Huge amount of money, whatever the number is. As Aaron Ruppar says, House Republicans are also Trump's paying customers.
Good grift if you can get it. So, Maga Mike Johnson was on Fox and he was asked by Brett Baer, so are you worried about the government shutting down? This is what Maga Mike Johnson said.
Chapter 8: What challenges lie ahead for the GOP in the next congressional session?
Before you even get to the new Congress, you have a lot to do, including 10 days to fund the government. Are you worried about the possibility of a government shutdown?
I don't worry in this job, Brad. I can't. I don't have the luxury of it. You don't have any worries, Mr. Speaker? No, I don't. No, no. I'm convinced we'll get this done. It will largely be bipartisan, I think, in the end. No one thinks it's fruitful or productive to shut the government down at the end of the year. I think there's consensus that we can do a CR to March.
I think it would be a three-month CR. Continuing resolution. Right.
Which is not your favorite thing. I mean, you campaigned on not doing it.
Yeah, well, in principle, we don't like continued resolutions. But in this case, as a Republican, as a conservative, it does make the most sense. And that's why all the conservative groups are in favor of that idea, because it allows us to make more of these key decisions in the new year when we have the new Congress, new president, new Senate and House.
And then Maga Mike Johnson, more gaslighting, more lies. Maga Mike Johnson claims that we've shown that we're able to govern with a small majority. here playing this clip.
Think you've been able to govern? What have you done?
other than your oversight committee hearings into Hunter Biden or into fake whistleblowers that don't exist, what is it that you've actually done? And when we see the MAGA Republicans laying out their priorities now, here's MAGA Republican Representative Mark Alford. He's saying, look, Number one, number one thing, gotta cut your Social Security and Medicare.
Listen to what the MAGA Republicans are saying. Play the clip.
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