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MohRokTah

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5. It doesn't work that way.

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Sat Sep 26, 2015, 05:10 PM

Sep 2015

Yes, the GOP caucus are the only people who vote for majority leader and majority Whip.

The Speaker of the House is elected by a vote of the ENTIRE Congress. That means Democrats and Republicans. It takes 50% + 1 to win.

The extremist baggers have the votes to keep Boehner from reaching that number, but no way can they get the votes to elect one of their dumbass choices. If they are persistent, the GOP leadership will cut a deal with Pelosi to g e the minority more power, then these assholes get frozen out completely. NO committee assignments that mean a damn and definitely NO chairmanships on any committee.

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Post-Coup Prediction: The new speaker will be someone you never heard of [View all] jmowreader Sep 2015 OP

I agree it'll be someone we've never heard of. HooptieWagon Sep 2015 #1

I hope you're wrong! KansDem Sep 2015 #2

You should try living in the state that sent him! jmowreader Sep 2015 #4

great googly moogly spanone Sep 2015 #20

Democrats vote for speaker, I suspect they will not allow a Agnosticsherbet Sep 2015 #3

It's a simple majority vote jmowreader Sep 2015 #6

You assume they will vote in a block.The Teaparty caucaus has 48 members. Agnosticsherbet Sep 2015 #8

The Democrats will not decide who is Speaker. former9thward Sep 2015 #15

It doesn't work that way. MohRokTah Sep 2015 #5

Good explanation. Hortensis Sep 2015 #14

That will not happen. former9thward Sep 2015 #16

Then the ret of the Congress does noyhing with no Speaker. MohRokTah Sep 2015 #18

They would even *consider* GOHMERT and Blake FARENTHOLD?!1 UTUSN Sep 2015 #7

dees pitchers skeer me fadedrose Sep 2015 #10

Did he INTENTIONALLY try to look like Alfred E. Newman in that picture? jmowreader Sep 2015 #12

They may try to impeach him, but fadedrose Sep 2015 #9

What can you possibly base that statement on? world wide wally Sep 2015 #17

Oh sorry fadedrose Sep 2015 #19

What I see, is that the teabagger group holds out on any votes for a non-teabaggery, madinmaryland Sep 2015 #11

Palace coup? Come on. The speaker is elected and removed by his colleagues. Hortensis Sep 2015 #13