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THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH:

46TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:

JOSEPH R. BIDEN (D, elected 2020)

49TH VICE PRESIDENT

KAMALA D. HARRIS (D, elected 2020)

THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:

MIKE JOHNSON (R-LA, 3rd term, re-elected 2023)

HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER

STEVE SCALISE (R-LA, 4th term, re-elected 2020)

HOUSE MINORITY LEADER

HAKEEM JEFFRIES (D-NY, 3rd term, re-elected 2020)

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER

CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY, 5th term, re-elected 2020)

SENATE MINORITY LEADER

ADDISON McCONNELL (R-KY, 8th term, re-elected 2022)

THE JUDICIAL BRANCH

JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT

JOHN ROBERTS (Chief Justice, sworn in 2005)

CLARENCE THOMAS (Associate Justice, sworn in 1991)

SAMUEL ALITO (Associate Justice, sworn in 2006)

SONIA SOTOMAYOR (Associate Justice, sworn in 2009)

ELENA KAGAN (Associate Justice, sworn in 2010)

NEIL GORSUCH (Associate Justice, sworn in 2017)

BRETT KAVANAUGH (Associate Justice, sworn in 2018)

AMY CONEY BARRETT (Associate Justice, sworn in 2020)

KETANJI BROWN JACKSON (Associate Justice, sworn in 2022)

The communists secure another sphere of influence in the war of position for KTT

@americana one of the most level headed and smart people on KTT

Got nothing but trust in OP

Another day, another L for McCarthy

Gaetz votes for Trump for speaker

What does failing to secure a speaker mean/affect?

No business in the House can begin until a speaker is chosen

This is the funniest s*** ever

dems gonna end up just letting McCarthy win and get blamed I bet lol

No way in hell they’ll do that. This is making republicans look dysfunctional so there’s no reason for Dems to swoop in and help them out

McCarthy 0-7

Gaetz voting Trump

You’re overestimating Democrats ability to stick to any of their stated principles whatsoever

When big threads get remade by great and active posters

The only viable speaker candidate is Clay Higgins. He will bring Congress together for a bipartisan crawfish boil

I’m saying like after a month or something

If the proud boys targeted this party instead of the party they did target, I’d honestly contend no one would be mad

Literally nothing can happen in the house til they have a speaker. The reps can’t even be sworn in, so they are all still member-elect

If Republicans were halfway competent they’d have supermajorities in both houses now. Instead they can’t even exercise their majority in the house they barely won. Clowns

Just think about if their margin was 220-219

MTG not siding with those 20 reps has caused this

tenth time's the charm!

Why they gotta give these long-ass speeches every time they nominate people still

In