He shared with me a list of some of what has been roughly negotiated to date. The devil, as always, is in the details.
1: As has been reported, it will only take a single congressperson, acting in what is known as a Jeffersonian Motion, to move to remove the Speaker if he or she goes back on their word or policy agenda.
2: A “Church” style committee will be convened to look into the weaponization of the FBI and other government organizations (presumably the CIA, the subject of the original Church Committee) against the American people.
3: Term limits will be put up for a vote.
4: Bills presented to Congress will be single subject, not omnibus with all the attendant earmarks, and there will be a 72-hour minimum period to read them.
5: The Texas Border Plan will be put before Congress. From The Hill: “The four-pronged plan aims to ‘Complete Physical Border Infrastructure,’ ‘Fix Border Enforcement Policies,’ ‘Enforce our Laws in the Interior’ and ‘Target Cartels & Criminal Organizations.'”
6: COVID mandates will be ended as will all funding for them, including so-called “emergency funding.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/here-are-concessions-mccarthy-had-make-speakership
@mchill saidMcCarthy is now hostage to the single most factious member of Congress. All it takes, under new concessions McCarthy has already made, is one vote to force a new speaker vote (in effect, a vote of no confidence in McCarthy). He’ll rue the day.
......to the Democrats!
While President Biden and Senator McConnell are down in Kentucky shaking hands and celebrating the very popular bipartisan infrastructure package that will put millions of Americans to work building and maintaining our roads, bridges and electrical grid, Matt Gaetz and his little band of clowns are making the GOP look like a bunch of dysfunctional ch ...[text shortened]... r the Liberals, this like Christmas morning - only better. Well done Matt. Keep up the good work! 😏