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chicagotim1 t1_j421dlc wrote

I think that this story has gotten an incredibly outsized amount of media attention. A congressional formality took an extra week than normal to get done. At the end of the day, that was about all that happened.

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Hungry_Bus_9695 t1_j42fjib wrote

Well not really

The role of the house speaker is dramatically different from the past. The whole axis of congress gas shifted to give way more power to rank and file law makers. Now anytime a major split happens in republican legislation any law makers and call a snap vote to change speakers, this is a huge deal if its done during a vote to say raise the debt ceiling. It shows alot of disunity in the party and a lack of any political vision besides sowing chaos

It also shows that any leash the republican leadership had on the freedom caucus is now gone and they will push grind the government to a halt if you don’t play ball. Considering they want things like abortion bans, impeaching Biden, over turning the last election…etc

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Weedyrainfall t1_j43ixnl wrote

The last time this happened, it was followed by civil war

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chicagotim1 t1_j43q4hv wrote

The last time this did NOT happen was followed by a recession.

Completely spurious relationship.

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