Republican Dysfunction on Display in the House and Senate

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

Society & Culture, News

4 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Senate Republicans defeated a border security bill they said they wanted, while House Republicans failed to pass a bill to help Israel fight Hamas and messed up the vote count as they tried to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Is this a failure of leadership, or the result of narrow majorities, or is Donald Trump's influence to blame? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.0	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal,
0:40.0	this is Potomac Watch.
0:42.0	Can't anyone here play this game? This is Potomac Watch.
0:45.0	Can't anyone here play this game? That's the question for Republicans in Congress
0:48.0	as they experience days of political dysfunction in the House and Senate.
0:54.0	The House fails in its attempt to impeach
0:56.2	Alejandro Myorkus, the Department of Homeland Security
0:59.6	Secretary, and then fails to pass even a bill to send 14 billion dollars to Israel,
1:05.0	which has overwhelming majority support.
1:07.0	But the House still can't do it.
1:08.5	Then the Senate GOP kills a border security bill it claimed to want, are of old bruise among Republicans against leader
1:16.6	Mitch McConnell.
1:17.6	What's driving the dysfunction?
1:19.4	And what does it mean for getting anything done in Congress? That's our topic and cheerful topic it is here today
1:25.8	on Potomac Watch. I'm Paul as you go, editor in the opinion pages and I'm here with my colleagues,
1:31.6	Kim Strassal and Kate Batcheter.
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