TLDR: Mike Johnson hates proxy voting in congress. Some republican wanted to allow new parents to be able to use proxy voting. One of them is trying to force a vote on it
Mike Johnson tried changing the rules to not allow that, but 9 republicans joined dems to block his attempt. He’s pissed about it and canceling tons of votes because of it
The DNC has no strategy besides playing possum and hoping it’ll get better eventually, so that they can continue servicing their corporate donors and telling the rest of us to pound sand.
100% agreed on this in the current state. But the new DNC chair is part of a more progressive and assertive variety of Democrats (DFL) from my home state in MN. Similar factions have been forming a growing coalition in the DNC and got him elected, and have started the process to unseat the existing ragdoll leadership.
I’m not saying we’re converting the DNC to a party of Democratic Socialists, but the progressive factions are working together (finally) and capitalizing on the DNC’s failings.
We can only hope they’re successful.