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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPaul Ryan is doomed, too
Eugene Robinson:A week ago, Paul Ryan looked doomed. Now, he looks really, truly doomed.
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The main problem is that Ryan is said to have promised to follow the Hastert rule, named for former speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), requiring that legislation have the support of a majority of the GOP caucus before it is brought to the House floor.
Boehner had to break the Hastert rule whenever ultra-conservatives threatened to bring about disaster a potentially catastrophic default because the debt limit needed to be raised, for example. In those instances, Boehner got the legislation passed with a cobbled-together majority comprising Democrats and moderate Republicans.
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If Ryan does become speaker and respects the Hastert rule, he will end up in the same position as Boehner held hostage by the Freedom Caucus. In his meeting with the group, moreover, he reportedly softened his demand to eliminate a House procedure in which any member can call for a vote to vacate the chair, or kick the speaker out of his job. And he also reportedly promised to devolve more power to the rank and file, which is precisely the opposite of what needs to happen.
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Paul Ryan is doomed, too (Original Post)
brooklynite
Oct 2015
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Gothmog
(144,919 posts)1. Paul Ryan is doomed
BuelahWitch
(9,083 posts)2. I would play my tiniest violin for him, but...
Who'm I kidding? No I wouldn't! Fuck you, Eddie Munster Ryan!
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)3. yup...
Ryan is an idiot...an empty
suit...he will be getting by 2016
dembotoz
(16,785 posts)4. good may he rot in hell
to strong?