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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: albaby1 SILVER
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Subject: Re: Speaker vote
Date: 10/18/23 11:44 AM
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It sounds like you are questioning if he can even get a bill to the senate, let alone a bill that could pass the senate?

Depends on the bill. I have no doubt he could get a bill passed that allocated support for Israel right now, for example. But given the way he has approached his election, it's probably unlikely that he can cobble together enough votes to pass a bill out of the House on any matter where his caucus is far more divided - like funding and appropriations bills.

He certainly can't pass a bill that could pass the Senate - though I'm sympathetic to fiscal conservative objections that such a framing isn't neutral. After all, the Senate can't pass a bill that could pass the House, either. Framing the issue as one where the House has to move to where the Senate is, rather than vice versa or that they both have a mutual obligation to pass a bill that neither one is entirely happy with, reflects a certain viewpoint on what the substance of such a bill should be.
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