NEWS HEADLINES: GOP ‘Rebellion’ Shuts Down House Floor as President Trump’s Agenda Gets Upended * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Joshua C.

GOP ‘Rebellion’ Shuts Down House Floor as President Trump’s Agenda Gets Upended * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Joshua C.

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An explosive split manifested a short time ago on the floor of the U.S. House, resulting in a messy outcome for some very important legislation.

The internal GOP ‘rebellion’, as many are calling it, puts President Trump’s agenda — the SAVE Act, and legislation designed to curtail rogue judges — on the backburner for the week.  (Unless it is voted on separately, as was once promised…)

Normally I would hold off and start with straight facts before giving my slant on a story, but I want to give away my own bias right up front on this one — because I want to facilitate a nuanced look at this story, rather than the kneejerk reactions I am already seeing online.

When you get into the details, the political spin job that is being applied to this story unfortunately reveals two things: the existing potential for disunity within Congressional Republicans, but also the ugly ego of the GOP leadership (ie: Speaker Johnson).

And I am not a Mike Johnson hater.  I CELEBRATED when he became Speaker.  But I have also seen the icky underside of the House Republican leadership hold sway in his handling of tough situations more than once.

It is very tempting to argue that what happened today was just a bunch of rogue Republicans hell bent on their own agenda, even at the cost of curtailing President Trump’s agenda.

But a look at the story tells me it isn’t that simple; though it is being PAINTED by the Republican House leadership in that light, for political purposes — to the detriment of the Republican Party, and President Trump’s agenda.

I don’t believe the Republican leadership took the actions they took, leading to this outcome, based on the principles they are touting, but were instead motivated primarily by a desire to maintain control, and were willing to use scare tactics and threats in an attempt to FORCE unity.

That style of leadership doesn’t create unity.  It creates MUTINY.  And that’s exactly the AVOIDABLE scenario that unfolded, after the GOP leadership attempted to FORCE THEIR PROCEDURAL WILL on an issue that they may not have liked, but which did NOT require that response.

Here’s the moment everything came crashing down on the House Floor today:

AND HERE’S THE STORY:

A procedural vote that would normally slide through without any issues brought everything, including President Trump’s agenda regarding rogue judges and the Save Act, to a halt.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who President Trump successfully pushed to become a driving force on the House Oversight Committee’s Task Force for transparency, was at the center of this controversial impasse.

In fact, she RESIGNED from her spot on the House Freedom Caucus as a result of this dustup, which she says illuminated betrayal and an abandonment of pro-family policies by some members of the Freedom Caucus Republicans.

Here’s the full text of Rep. Luna’s post from a few days ago, as this impasse within the House GOP started really taking shape:

I’ve approached this entire process with honesty and integrity, doing things the right way. Unfortunately, some members of the House Freedom Caucus have threatened to shut down the floor if the Speaker allows my proxy vote discharge petition to be considered. As a result, it’s likely I will no longer be a member of the Freedom Caucus.

I will not compromise on something as important as ensuring new moms can vote while recovering. I believe this change will improve the institution in the long term.

The conduct explained in the tweet below is not what we agreed to as a conference, and I will continue to be transparent with the American people about what’s really happening behind the scenes.

Rep. Luna’s ‘discharge petition’ was an attempt to allow legislation to come to a vote that would give new parents (mothers and fathers as well) the ability to vote remotely, or have another House member vote for them for a time period after having a baby.

It was a procedural tactic she fielded to push House Leadership to allow the bill to come to a vote — which they didn’t want to happen, even though it has a MAJORITY OF SUPPORT in the House.

If you’re a parent, that probably makes sense; new babies are a handful! If you’re not a parent, it might not seem like a very big deal.

That ‘discharge petition’ was slated to go through with enough Republican support, and basically all the Democrats, prepared to vote for it.

But House leadership and Speaker Johnson have argued that such a move allowing remote voting would be unconstitutional in any and all circumstances — though I have seen no good argument to support that position, only the argument that it could open the door to possible misuse, which I find to be flimsy at best.

House GOP leadership then created a threatening set of circumstances intended to keep those Republicans in FAVOR of Luna’s discharge petition from voting for it, expecting the pressure tactic to work.

It didn’t.

Here’s a glimpse at ONE of the many threats put forward over the last few days intended to pressure Republicans who otherwise would have supported Luna’s push from doing so:

Here’s the full text of that post from last Thursday as the situation heated up:

@RepTimBurchett’s bill on defunding the Taliban was just threatened if he voted in favor of my discharge petition to allow new parents in Congress to vote after birth. Why would anyone in leadership think it’s a good idea to keep a bill that stops taxpayer funded terrorism off the floor? I have also been asked multiple times want in exchange for killing this. Let me be clear: MY VOTE IS NOT FOR SALE. This institutional change is bigger than just me and will help the country in the long run.

If you’re a listener of the Shawn Ryan podcast, or follow Rep. Tim Burchett, you likely know that the United States has contributed MILLIONS WEEKLY to the Taliban, ever since our disastrous withdraw during Biden’s administration.

Rep. Burchett, who appeared on the Shawn Ryan show, has since made it his mission to bring a stop to that treacherous stupidity — and Speaker Johnson was willing to threaten his efforts to stop that funding if he supported Rep. Luna’s push for parents of a newborn to have the ability to vote remotely.

I’m sorry — but that’s utter crap.  House Leadership is playing poker with President Trump’s agenda, and attempting to blame principled Republicans after their fear tactics backfired.

Attempting to assuage the circumstances so that they could make those who supported that push look like they were against President Trump’s agenda should be the sort of moves Republican leadership DENOUNCES rather than the sort of moves they’re unfortunately known for.

And it doesn’t just make Republicans look bad, it makes President Trump look bad.

Here’s how this morning’s so-called ‘rebellion’ played out, according to Fox News:

A normally sleepy procedural vote ended in drama for the House of Representatives after a rebellion by Republicans against their own party forced planned chamber proceedings for the week to grind to a halt.

It puts the future in question for two key bills backed by the Trump administration that were slated to get a vote this week.

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters that votes were canceled for the rest of the week in comments condemning the mutiny.

“It’s a very disappointing result on the floor there, a handful of Republicans joined with all the Democrats to take down a rule. That’s rarely done. It’s very unfortunate,” Johnson said. “That rule being brought down means that we can’t have any further action on the floor this week.”

A mechanism known as a “rule vote,” which traditionally falls along party lines and is not an expression of support or opposition to specific legislation, failed on Tuesday when nine Republicans joined Democrats in an extraordinary rebuke of GOP leaders.

It comes amid a weekslong battle over the ability to vote remotely for new parents in Congress.

It’s an embarrassing setback for House Republican leadership, who put on a full court press for bills that would have limited district judges’ ability to levy nationwide injunctions and would have mandated proof of citizenship to register to vote, respectively.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., has been leading a bipartisan push for legislation that would allow new parents in the House to vote remotely for 12 weeks surrounding their child’s birth.

Lawmakers rarely, if ever, lead discharge petitions against their own party. But Luna’s was poised for success with support from Democrats and some fellow Republicans.

House GOP leaders attempted to block it, however, by inserting language in an unrelated “rules” package on Monday night that would have effectively prevented Luna’s bill from getting a vote.

That sparked a backlash among Republicans who either supported Luna’s efforts or opposed leaders’ attempts to change previously agreed-upon House rules – and in most cases, a combination of both.

Meanwhile, a source familiar with the House Rules Committee told Fox News Digital that some Republicans on that panel were frustrated at being kept in the dark by House leaders until the final moments before their committee vote on Tuesday morning. All Republicans on the committee voted for the rule, however.

Reps. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., Greg Steube, R-Fla., Ryan Mackenzie, R-Pa., Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., and Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., were among those who voted to kill the rule.

Now, very important legislation has to be put off for several days, all because of the underhanded way the House Leadership chose to engage in risky scare tactics.

It should have been KNOWN that this would cause even more pushback, and result in President Trump’s agenda getting stalled for at least a week!

Here’s how Speaker Johnson chose to SPIN the events of today’s total failure of leadership within the House of Representatives — as opposed to taking ownership of the situation HE CAUSED:

Nine Republicans, labeled ‘rebels’ by House Leadership, are now being blamed for the hold up of the Save Act and the bills making sure rogue judges have to stay in their lane.

Though, even now those items could still be voted on, if Speaker Johnson was willing; but because the rule change was brought down… he can’t take legislative action on them for the remainder of this week.

Apparently, it is more important to Speaker Johnson to HOLD UP PRESIDENT TRUMP’S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA in order to wage war on principled Republicans… than allow a simple change in voting accessibility to move forward (which has MAJORITY SUPPORT) and which could easily have guidelines in place to avoid any misuse.

Remember that word I used earlier?  Ego — that’s what that is.  And it’s ugly… and it ALWAYS results in MORE REBELLION, not less.

Here’s how today’s ‘rebellion’ went down, according to a report in The Hill:

The revolt escalates the battle over proxy voting into a full-blown legislative war as Republicans grapple with arguments over constitutionality, supporting families, and how much power GOP leaders have over the House floor in the historically slim majority.

Nine Republicans — led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) — joined with all Democrats in voting against the procedural rule, enough opposition for it to fall short in a 206-222 vote. The failed vote allows Luna to force action on her bill, but prevents the chamber from debating and voting on two unrelated measures.

It’s unclear how Johnson proceeds. Luna earlier on Tuesday made a privileged motion — enabled by her discharge petition — to bring a vote on the proxy voting for new parents matter. Without being able to thwart it, leadership will have to take action on the matter within two legislative days.

Tuesday’s failed vote is a victory for Luna, who for weeks has been battling with Johnson over her push to allow proxy voting for new parents. The Florida Republican successfully executed a discharge petition, garnering the necessary 218 signatures — including 11 from Republicans — to force a vote on Rep. Brittney Pettersen’s (D-Colo.) resolution to allow members who give birth or lawmakers whose spouses give birth to have another member vote for them for 12 weeks.

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Since then, GOP leadership — led by Johnson — has been working to block the resolution from coming to the floor, arguing that proxy voting is unconstitutional and warning that the effort could be a “slippery slope” toward expanding the practice for other groups.

Pettersen, holding her infant in her arms next to Luna, said their message to the Speaker was: “Don’t f— with moms.”

Petersen brought her infant son to the chamber to argue for proxy voting on Tuesday, speaking on the floor with her son in her arms. She had previously flown to D.C. with him when he was just weeks old to cast votes on key bills.

GOP leaders at first tried to get the Republicans who signed the discharge petition to change their minds — and succeeded in convincing Reps. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) and Dan Meuser (R-Pa.) to back off their support.

But hardline members of the House Freedom Caucus — Luna’s one-time allies — pushed for Johnson to take a more aggressive stance in trying to stop a vote on the push.

Johnson took that step on Tuesday, when the leadership-controlled House Rules Committee advanced a rule that included language that would essentially “turn off” privilege, blocking Luna or her allies from forcing action on the proxy voting legislation, or any similar legislation in the future. By including that language and other GOP priorities in a single rule, Johnson dared Republicans to vote against Republican — and Trump — priorities.

Luna railed against the move. She said that attaching it to a measure that would also tee up consideration of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act — which would require proof of citizenship in order to register to vote — was designed to make her and her Republican allies look like they were voting against voter integrity efforts.

And in an act of defiance, Luna and her allies tanked that effort.

As the story in The Hill revealed, the bill in question was put forward by Rep. Brittney Pettersen, a Colorado Democrat.

Hiss, hiss… right?

Rep. Pettersen shared that picture, along with these words on her X account today.

She might be a Democrat, but on PRINCIPLE… I agree with her statement, and assessment of what happened.

And a lot of Republicans agreed with her — enough that Mike Johnson had to resort to FEAR TACTICS to try to get his way.

Here was her response to today’s events on the House floor:

I just finished speaking on the House floor with Sam to ask my colleagues to continue to stand with us and vote no on Speaker Johnson’s attempt to block our bipartisan resolution that would allow new parents to vote remotely.

What Speaker Johnson is pushing today is anti-woman. It is anti-parent. And it is anti-family.

I thank my colleagues who have stood with us and ask for their support again today.

Here’s the problem: aren’t we supposed to decide what we favor or oppose based on merit, rather than GROUP IDENTITY?

Isn’t that at the HEART of what we Trump-Supporters, MAGA, and Conservative Republicans have held AGAINST the Democrats this whole time!?

If that stung, know it stings me, too.  But the reality is, a lot of us are SO SICK AND TIRED of the Democrat foolishness, that we fall into the trap of dismissing EVERYTHING without a glance.

That’s not a principled move, no matter how much we might try to pretend it is — it’s an emotionally charged move based on being EXHAUSTED from so much Democrat nonsense.

And I’m not disagreeing — almost everything with a Democrat’s name next to it for decades has been NONSENSE!

Almost everything, but not everything.

And if we fall into the trap of dismissing everything based on shallow group identity… we also become easy victims for those who would circumstantially manipulate us into blind obedience — like I’m arguing happened today, at the hands of GOP House Leadership.

Or, at least… what ALMOST happened.

As much as I was in his corner — AND WILL BE IN HIS CORNER — when he stands for President Trump’s agenda, and does so with CHARACTER and on PRINCIPLE… I will just as quickly call Speaker Johnson out for acting like a scumbag, when he does.

And that’s what I see here.

He didn’t just put a lot of Republicans in a tough spot, having to weigh between selling out their own principles or otherwise becoming an easy target for being called ‘Trump-haters’ and ‘rebels’.

He also put President Trump in a bad spot, where HE may now have to make a similar choice, all because House GOP leadership’s ego.

Not a good look, Republicans.  We can do better.

This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport.

View the original article here.





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