{"id":2219030,"date":"2024-04-11T23:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T03:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-mcgovern-calls-house-republicans-most-ineffective-incompetent-majority-in-us-history\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T23:22:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T03:22:54","slug":"rep-mcgovern-calls-house-republicans-most-ineffective-incompetent-majority-in-us-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-mcgovern-calls-house-republicans-most-ineffective-incompetent-majority-in-us-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Representative McGovern criticizes House Republicans as the most ineffective and incompetent majority in U.S. history"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-mcgovern-calls-house-republicans-most-ineffective-incompetent-majority-in-us-history%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2219030&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Jim McGovern criticized\u2062 House Republicans\u200c for their inefficiency and incompetence during \u2064a House Rules Committee meeting.\u200d The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-if-you-oppose-my-anti-police-comments-youre-racist\/\" title=\"Obama: If You Oppose My Anti-Police Comments, You\u2019re Racist\">discussion focused<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-have-a-choice-back-tuberville-or-fail-a-majority-of-americans-on-abortion-again\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans must decide: support Tuberville or disappoint the majority of Americans on abortion once more.\">key \u2062legislation<\/a> while facing challenges within the party, such as Rep. \u2063Marjorie Taylor Greene&#8217;s threat to \u2062remove Speaker Mike Johnson. McGovern highlighted the lack of legislative progress under the current majority, emphasizing the need for effective governance.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) blasted his Republican colleagues during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-of-representatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House Rules Committee<\/a> meeting on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-roy-democrats-wont-negotiate-on-h-r-1\/\" title=\"Rep. Roy: Democrats won\u2019t negotiate on H.R.1\">committee met<\/a> to discuss four pieces of legislation at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-ag-barr-create-durham-special-counsel-to-prevent-president-trump-from-releasing-information-related-to-crossfire-hurricane\/\" title=\"Did AG Barr Create Durham Special Counsel to Prevent President Trump from Releasing Information Related to Crossfire Hurricane?\">pivotal time<\/a> for House Republicans. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has threatened to file a motion to oust <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Speaker Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the most ineffective, incompetent majority, I think, in American history. Full stop. It has been nearly an entire year, an entire year almost, since anything that we have done in the Rules Committee has gone to the president\u2019s desk,\u201d McGovern, the ranking member of the Rules Committee, said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the last time it did happen, it was with Democratic votes,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">McGovern: This is the most incompetent majority in American history.. Republicans have tried and failed to pass their own rules seven times this congress. Before this Congress, it had been 20 years since a rule failed. It\u2019s been 50 years since we\u2019ve seen this many rules go down. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vskoiEwrPK\">pic.twitter.com\/vskoiEwrPK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Acyn (@Acyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/1778579283314897355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Greene\u2019s threat, along with other infighting among House Republicans, has put the 118th Congress in a historically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/12\/21\/1221040449\/118th-congress-to-be-the-most-unproductive-in-decades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>unproductive<\/a> session.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepublicans have tried and failed to pass their own rules <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/04\/10\/fisa-house-republicans-mike-johnson-spying-section-702\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>seven times<\/a> this Congress. Seven times. This House has been stuck at a standstill because of their infighting,\u201d McGovern said. \u201cAnd Republicans have done it seven times. One or two, three times, maybe that\u2019s just incompetence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut seven? Seven is a disaster. Seven is paralysis. It means weeks and weeks of sitting around doing nothing because Republicans can\u2019t get their house in order and do their job,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>McGovern is referring to a \u201crule,\u201d or a resolution that the House must pass before debating a bill. Rules set the parameters of the debate, such as how long it is allowed to go on and if amendments are allowed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During Thursday evening\u2019s session, the House Rules Committee advanced a new proposal to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, adding several provisions to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2962032\/house-revolt-against-johnson-fisa-searching-magic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">persuade a substantial number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-fights-to-shore-up-republican-support-ahead-of-speakership-vote\/\" title=\"McCarthy Fights to Shore Up Republican Support Ahead of Speakership Vote\">hard-line conservatives<\/a><\/a> to back the legislation. The bill is now scheduled to reach the floor for debate early Friday morning, with a final vote expected later in the day.<\/p>\n<p>McGovern has represented Massachusetts in Congress since 1997.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a House Rules Committee meeting, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) strongly criticized House Republicans. The meeting, discussing four key pieces of legislation, falls at a critical juncture for the party. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has even threatened to push for the removal of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), highlighting the party&#8217;s perceived ineffectiveness and incompetence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2219031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/jim-mcgovern-1024x596.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2219030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/jim-mcgovern-1024x596.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2219030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2219031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2219030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2219030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2219030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}