grind house

It only takes a few Republicans to essentially grind House proceedings to a halt or even to end a speaker’s tenure, as former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy learned when eight Republicans joined with Democrats to oust him.

It only takes a few Republicans to essentially grind House proceedings to a halt or even to end a speaker’s tenure, as former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy learned when eight Republicans joined with Democrats to oust him.

The premise is a grind house fever dream.

Its mix of social issues with pulpy genre elements recalls gritty films from the ’70s — some might even describe it as a modern-day grind house movie.

Conservative opponents of the bank, meanwhile, are threatening parliamentary maneuvers that could grind House procedures to a crawl.