Steve Benen is a producer for 'The Rachel Maddow Show,' the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of 'The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics.'
As the year got underway, the House Republican majority went with its Plan A: GOP members elected Kevin McCarthy as speaker. That, we now know, didn’t work out well: The California Republican last week became the first speaker to ever be ousted in the middle of a term. This week, the party went with its Plan B: House GOP members held an intraparty election and nominated House Majority Leader Steve Scalise as their next speaker. That failed, too. As things stand, there is no Plan C.
It’s against this backdrop that the House Democratic conference is just sitting there — with 212 votes. The Semafor report added: House Armed Services Committee Chair Mike Rogers also told reporters, in reference to Democrats, “We’re willing to work with them, but they gotta tell us what they need.
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