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Is the House Speaker elected by a vote of the entire house, or just by the majority party?
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Turkeytop wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 2:04 pm Is the House Speaker elected by a vote of the entire house, or just by the majority party?
Entire house.
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But nobody from the opposing party votes for anybody in the party of power.
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Honeyman wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 3:02 pm But nobody from the opposing party votes for anybody in the party of power.
The question is can some number of moderate Republicans and all the Democrats vote for a moderate Republican for speaker? It won't take much to sink McCarthy so somebody is likely to give it a whirl.
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Rate This wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 3:52 pm n some number of moderate Republicans and all the Democrats vote for a moderate Republican for speaker? It won't take much to sink McCarthy so somebody is likely to give it a whirl.
The answer is.. yes they can and no they won't
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Those Republicans, always in lock step.

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Rate This wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 3:52 pm

The question is can some number of moderate Republicans and all the Democrats vote for a moderate Republican for speaker? It won't take much to sink McCarthy so somebody is likely to give it a whirl.
Didn't McCarthy, in another lifetime, have a reputaion as a moderate Republican?"
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Turkeytop wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 9:47 pm
Rate This wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 3:52 pm

The question is can some number of moderate Republicans and all the Democrats vote for a moderate Republican for speaker? It won't take much to sink McCarthy so somebody is likely to give it a whirl.
Didn't McCarthy, in another lifetime, have a reputaion as a moderate Republican?"
Yes but the Republican Party no longer has any principles at all.
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