I have a question for those with a lot more knowledge of the House of Representatives than I have...

I think officially, committee work doesn't happen until then, but of course, committees can meet informally

So on to my next question, let's say, there are 8-15 right wing repuqs that refuse to vote for McCasshole, and Stefanik has control of them, and no repuq can get to 218 votes?

Could the clerk from the previous congress preside until the 2024 election is held, and a new speaker is voted in?

In theory a speaker might never get elected for two years, but in practice, at some point the majority party has a massive incentive to just pick one. It would be an electoral disaster for them to go into the next election so unable to govern they couldn't even pick a speaker.


https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1851-1900/The-longest-and-most-contentious-Speaker-election-in-its-history/

At the conclusion of the longest and most contentious Speaker election in House history, the House elected Representative Nathaniel Banks of Massachusetts as its presiding officer for the 34th Congress (1855–1857). Sectional conflict over slavery and a rising anti-immigrant mood in the nation contributed to a poisoned and deteriorating political climate. As a sign of the factionalism then existing in the House, more than 21 individuals initially vied for the Speaker’s post when the Members first gathered in December, 1855. After two months and 133 ballots, the House finally chose Representative Banks by a vote of 103 to 100 over Representative William Aiken of South Carolina. Banks, a member of both the nativist American (or “Know-Nothing”) Party and the Free Soil Party, served a term as Speaker before Democrats won control of the chamber in the 35th Congress (1857–1859). Banks retired from the House to serve as governor of Massachusetts.

the vote for the repuq leader, but I'm not sure how to do it.

White nationalists.

Nothing can get done until they do.

It might take a bit and the eventual "winner" is probably on the world's shortest, craziest leash but that scenario is just never going to happen. They will eventually pick someone.

Heck, the Dems could work with moderate Republicans to vote for a moderate who would only need what five or six Republican votes plus all Dem votes?

Of course that probably won't happen, they will eventually cave to their crazies enough to get them on board.

I so wish the dems would do that.

So America can see just how bad they can be before 2024 without them having the power to pass anything.

People will sour quickly

seeing as she is not a member any longer ... the crazies
could make tRump speaker ....

managed to make this happen, I would think he was the best thing since sliced bread. But I suspect the Republicans will dig their heels in.

It's funny that McCarthy is kowtowing to the MTG faction when the moderates COULD hold a TON of power here. If they wanted to wield it.

until someone can be elected as the speaker... so everything would be at a standstill



In the biggest fantasy of that scenario, Democrats could determine who the Republican speaker would be--- since they all also get to vote in that election!!

In an even bigger fantasy, there could still even be a Democratic speaker elected-- if for instance, a few "moderate Republicans"-- (those elected in NY swing districts, for instance) voted for a Democratic speaker candidate, but extremely unlikely, of course...


Google the speaker election of 1856--- it took 2 months before anybody won, mostly because of the disputes over slavery...

"Vote yes on McCarthy and we'll give MTG the Judiciary committee chair, Lauren Boebert the Intelligence committee chair, and allow the Freedom Caucus to choose the rest of the committee chairs."

What a disaster that would be!

might have something to say about that. (He's the presumptive Judiciary Chair.)

"the smoke filled rooms" from here ... lol