Listening to headlines make me want to keep the chamber frozen. if no bills go through then there are no riders attached. If there are no riders there is no money forbthe D.S. if there is no new money for the D.S., the D.S. has to expend favors and IOUs. the more IOUs they spend, the less power they have.
Keep the D.S under siege!!!
Correct, it looks like those important ones are already in place and the committees are still moving forward. Not having a speaker seems to be a planned OP for halting funding to forever wars or should I say the appearance and narrative of that.