(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . House GOP's first 100 days in majority has been pretty darned pathetic [1] ['Daily Kos Staff', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-03 What they didn’t do: pass a “border security,” anti-immigration bill. Because some actual House Republicans said the bill is so extreme it’s “anti-American.” The last we heard from them on that was in February, when they were looking for a “Plan B” on immigration. They seem to mostly have settled on field trips to the border for those photo ops. They have also failed to bring what they call “criminal justice reform” bills to the floor. The “Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act” hasn’t even had a Judiciary Committee hearing yet, and the non-binding “Expressing support for the Nation's law enforcement agencies and condemning any efforts to defund or dismantle law enforcement agencies” resolution hasn’t either. Maybe because ]] three versions of it are floating around and they’re fighting among themselves over who gets to claim credit. Of the 11 bills that Scalise promised on December 30 that were going to go to be voted on in the first two weeks of the session, six made it to the floor. They have had a few “wins” that were among those top priorities. Before heading off for the two-week break they are now enjoying, they did manage to pass the “Lower Energy Costs Act,” which should have been titled the “Hurray for Climate Change Act,” because it’s pretty much a giveaway to Big Oil. It also would repeal key climate provisions from the big climate bill Biden and Democrats passed last year, including a greenhouse gas reduction fund aimed at reducing pollution and creating green energy jobs, as well as eliminate a methane reduction program that charges polluters for releasing the greenhouse gas. What it doesn’t actually do is reduce energy costs for American consumers, because the last thing the fossil fuel companies are interested in doing is cutting their obscene profits to help out their captive customers. So the big “policy” scores for the House GOP in this quarter are bills making it easier for rich people to cheat on their taxes (and costing the nation $70 billion over the next decade) and further enriching the richest mega-corporations. As usual. State supreme court races are a favorite topic of ours, and there are literally dozens more on the ballot in 2024, so we're previewing the top battles with Carah Ong Whaley of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics on this week's episode of The Downballot podcast. Carah tells us how and why so much money has come to be spent on supreme court elections in recent decades before diving into next year's key contests, including several states where control is on the line, like Ohio, Michigan, and Montana. With the stakes high for redistricting reform, abortion rights, and democracy, progressives everywhere will want to stay up-to-date on all of these races. x Embedded Content RELATED STORIES [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/3/2161860/-House-GOP-s-first-100-days-in-majority-has-been-pretty-darned-pathetic Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/