Kevin McCarthy loses 6th vote for Speaker

[Jehanne]

And, not a good idea to not have a functioning government who has nuclear weapons for too long:

Immaterial. Nuclear weapons are under control of the Executive branch, not the Legislative.

Boru

But, it's the Legislative branch that provides the defense funding. One could imagine a situation where the US government collapses because Congress is unable to go into session, martial law is declared, etc.

It's an extreme scenario, to be sure, but with someone like Trump having been in power, why risk it?? And, Biden, even though he is completely stable right now, what happens if he develops some neurological disease and starts to slip into the crazy side??