The House Will Not Be in Order: Returning GOP Members Making Sure It Won't Be

They're back!

Once upon a time in the distant past members of the House of Representives came back from their summer break and addressed the nation's challenges. 

This year returning Republicans are ready to shut down the government and take another vacation. The only thing holding them back is they're waging a war among themselves on how draconian they will go to achieve their undemocratic goals.

House Speaker, and Trump lackey, Kevin McCarthy is in the middle of the hot mess between the Freedom Caucus and the Mainstream Caucus (I just discovered there is actually a group of Republicans not gulping down Orange Trump Aid although some do take frequent sips).

The confused and angry Republicans in the House may try to kick McCarthy out, although that's not a given...yet.

McCarthy's challenges seem insurmountable at the moment. It's going to take some real wheeling and dealing to avoid a government shutdown at the end of this month.

The bitterly divided majority GOP members don't want to send more aid to Ukraine, and they want a Biden impeachment inquiry. And that's just for starters.

Imagine what it must be like trying to navigate a deal with extremists who don't give a damn about the country in their corrupt attempts to undermine our democracy?

McCarthy's office is pushing for a short-term continuing resolution, or spending stopgap of a few months in order to give Republicans more leverage in the spending negotiations.

It's a sensible position but probably will be rejected in the inter-party cage fight atmosphere hanging over the House right now.

Scott Perry, the leader of the roughly 35-member Freedom Caucus doesn't think any GOP spending bills could pass this week without getting rid of McCarthy. 

The chances of successfully sending McCarthy down the road with empty tin cans trailing behind him depends on multiple actions. It's not clear how much support he does have if the ultra-MAGAs attempt to take him down.

As it stands, it appears that Republicans in the House are already bracing for a shutdown that they know will happen regardless of McCarthy's efforts to avoid it.