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Jan. 2023: McCarthy elected Speaker on a promise that bills would cover only a single subject.
Jan. 2025: Johnson elected Speaker on a promise to make everything into one omnibus.

Sure, new Taylor Swift this weekend is exciting and all, but it can't compare to watching a Speaker without a procedural majority trying to pass four controversial bills with different coalitions under one rule, apparently to package as one bill for the Senate . . .

Graham also worked harder than most at the "I am one of you" aspect of representation. www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/u...

Sounds like they might do this with a bifurcated rule, which would make sense if they think they can pass the components with different coalitions (assuming they can get some Dems to vote for the rule itself).

Nearly all older, less liberal Dems supported the bill:

Adventures in governing without a procedural majority! This Byron Donalds quote about suspension in the WP this morning is amazing:

A very fine example of the "Things I Don't Like Are Unconstitutional" genre:

www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/u...

I mean, a Borda count speaker nomination isn't the *worst* idea I've heard . . .