“This is the most chaotic, inefficient and ineffective majority we’ve seen in decades covering Congress. It started this way under former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and has gotten worse under Johnson,” write Punchbowl News’ Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan.
They detail a spate of major blows from this week alone, including the major upset in New York, as Republicans lost the congressional seat formerly held by disgraced, indicted, and ousted GOP Rep. George Santos, the resignation of yet another Committee Chairman, Homeland Security’s Mark Green, and Wednesday’s surprise warning from Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner, which experts suggest was irresponsible and premature.
“Johnson truly keeps his own counsel. His leadership colleagues often begin the week having no idea what the speaker is thinking or what he hopes to achieve.”