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babylonsister

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Fri May 18, 2018, 06:07 PM May 2018

GOP revolts multiply against retiring Ryan



GOP revolts multiply against retiring Ryan
By Scott Wong and Melanie Zanona - 05/18/18 05:34 PM EDT


Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) appears to be losing his grip on power over a restive House Republican conference just a month after announcing he would retire from Congress.

Members of the far-right Freedom Caucus teamed with moderate Republicans on Friday to sink the farm bill, a major legislative priority and legacy item for the lame-duck Speaker.

In a related development, a band of 20 centrist Republicans are revolting against Ryan, circumventing leadership by using a rare procedural tactic to force a series of immigration votes.


Ryan reinstated Father Patrick Conroy as the House chaplain last month after Catholic Republicans and Democrats publicly ripped his decision to force the chaplain to step down.

The outgoing Speaker had hoped to use his final months in office raising money for his party and campaigning to defend the House majority in a critical midterm election year.

Instead, he’s facing increasing intraparty divisions on several fronts largely due to a power vacuum he created once he publicly announced his retirement on April 11, according to several Hill GOP sources.

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GOP revolts multiply against retiring Ryan (Original Post) babylonsister May 2018 OP
Moderate and Centrist Republicans? hibbing May 2018 #1
The GOP only has three wings: The far right, the extreme far right, and the batshit crazy right. LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2018 #4
Nothing new here, mindem May 2018 #2
+1 dalton99a May 2018 #5
I love it when the Republicans fight each other! CaliforniaPeggy May 2018 #3
Pass the popcorn.... Thunderbeast May 2018 #6
Keep seeing this story coming out of the Hill. Wellstone ruled May 2018 #7

hibbing

(10,076 posts)
1. Moderate and Centrist Republicans?
Fri May 18, 2018, 06:12 PM
May 2018

Please, just who are these moderates and centrists? Talk about delusional. That whole party is batshit.

Peace

4. The GOP only has three wings: The far right, the extreme far right, and the batshit crazy right.
Fri May 18, 2018, 06:26 PM
May 2018

Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan would be thrown out on their asses for being such far left liberals.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
7. Keep seeing this story coming out of the Hill.
Fri May 18, 2018, 06:38 PM
May 2018

First,let's be honest,there are not any Moderate Republicans,they vote in lock step with their Party against any legislation that would help women or working poor.

So when the Hill news mag runs a story,ask yourself this,sure seems they have joined the GOP Propaganda machine.

And the GOP could give a rat's ass about the Farmers only the Mega Corporate types .






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