Over 100 House Republicans vote to defund Kamala Harris' office

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Some of the Freedom Caucus idiots are pushing amendments to defund the salary of various members of the Biden administration. These motions normally fail in the House because there is no way that the Senate will agree with these rather ignorant amendments.

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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/100-house-republicans-vote-defund-kamala-harris-office-rcna124380

A few months before the 2022 midterm elections, The Washington Post’s Greg Sargent noted that if Republicans reclaimed the House majority, GOP leaders hoped to reinstate the so-called “Holman Rule.” He explained at the time, “This obscure rule — which Republicans revived last time they held the majority, until the Democratic majority ended it — would allow Republicans to use spending bills to try to slash the salary of specific federal officials.”

Republicans never lost sight of the priority, and on the first full day of the current Congress, House GOP members approved a rules package that did, in fact, empower members to go after individual officials’ salaries.

The result is a strange hobby for the far-right House majority. Politico reported on some of the more audacious examples.

House lawmakers defeated an effort by Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) to defund the office of Vice President Kamala Harris, one of the highest-level efforts yet to defund prominent federal officials and agencies.

Note, the measure to go after the vice president’s salary fell short, but 106 House Republicans — 48% of the GOP conference — voted for the effort.

We are facing a government shutdown and the Freedom Caucus idiots are pursuing these stupid motions

[gratuitous]

1. Boy, they're really stickin' it to the libs with this meaningless grandstanding

Good thing there's nothing important the House should be attending to right about now. Because otherwise, you can be sure that our faultless media would be all over them for wasting time on these stunts instead of attending to the business of the nation.

[Mad_Machine76]

15. I'm picking up on your sarcasm.......

[tblue37]

2. These are not serious people.

[dem4decades]

3. Well they wanted to do worse to Pence so that's good I guess.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. Don't forget, it's not just Karine Jean-Pierre.

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[calimary]

8. Failed. That's a good word for the GOP.

A VERY good, well-earned and well-deserved word.

[dweller]

5. Next they will vote to fund the government

for $1.00

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[sakabatou]

6. Man, what vindictive little fuckers

[Cha]

7. Useless magats.. Their salaries need to be GONE After.

[NotHardly]

9. They'll shut the whole thing down for maximum pain ... with an eye towards forcing capitulation by Dems

... they do not care, they are rich and well funded by MAGA and their billionaires, Repugs in Congress do not care about America, governance, or the people. They give shelter to our enemies abroad and would bring the whole world to its knees via monetary collapse.
These people are not to be trusted ... ever.

[louis-t]

10. The next time Dems control the House, Senate and president

they should go after a LOT of repug salaries, then agree to not do it if repugs vote with them to get rid of the Holman rule.

[lindysalsagal]

11. The senate should dock these fools every time they

Vote for this bs.

[Turbineguy]

12. Hamas

easier to spell than "republican"

Both need to be put up against the wall.

[LudwigPastorius]

13. List of Biden administration officials the Freedom Caucus has tried to defund:

Kamala Harris (Black female)
Jennifer Granholm (White female)
Karine Jean-Pierre (Black female)
Lloyd Austin (Black male)
Tracy Stone-Manning (White female)
Pete Buttigieg (Gay white male)
Deb Haaland (Native American female)
Michael Regan (Black male)
Gary Gensler (Jewish male)

Gee, anybody see a pattern here?

[Bundbuster]

14. The very definition of desperation.

republicans = vile, cowardly, spiteful shitstains all.

[UTUSN]

16. Maggie SMITH: "Didn't work, did it." - at the 1:30 mark