.MaddowBlog: Minority Leader McCarthy gave the longest House speech on record. It was weird and rambling, and it won't make any difference at all.
That is, for nearly all members. There's an exception to the institution's rules: Party leaders are allowed to speak as long as they want. On Capitol Hill, they're known as"magic minutes" or"leadership minutes" — a privilege only available to the House Speaker, the House majority leader, and the House minority leader.
In 2018, for example, Nancy Pelosi — the House minority leader at the time — stood on the House floor , seeking a vote on protections for Dreamers. It broke the institution's record for the longest speech ever delivered on the House floor.House Democrats postponed a much-anticipated vote on President Joe Biden's social safety net and climate package early Friday morning after Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy delayed a final vote with a record-long, wide-ranging and often angry speech.
What we didn't know was that McCarthy — one of the three members who can exploit"magic minutes" — would hold the floor for a very long time. The California Republican began speaking at 8:38 p.m. eastern and didn't stop until 5:04 a.m. this morning.Indeed, the point was not to make a powerful case against the pending legislation.
, flagging some of the Republican's more egregious errors. It read in part,"During this evening's temper tantrum, Minority Leader McCarthy did everything he could to avoid talking about the deficit reducing, inflation crushing Build Back Better Act."
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