When is the vote? I thought the vote took place with the outgoing (past tense) Congress... meaning- Boehner got a life line for 1-2 years. Please tell me there is a Santa Claus?
That was the GOP caucus voting. But the Speaker can't actually be elected until the entire House is seated. So, there has to be at least one more vote -- this one involving the whole House.
Given that some resistance has been aired, it is conceivable that the GOP caucus might hold another vote before the House vote. I doubt Boehner would want to be embarrassed in public, so some kind of "test of strength" vote is likely to be held in the caucus.
They have to hold an official count and and get 218+ votes with the membership. The leadership tried to grease the skids last november post-election, but it isn’t official yet. I’m not sure whether this happens Monday or over the weekend. Normally each party caucuses, settles on its candidate, and the vote goes down strictly by party, but that may not happen this time. If the rats all vote normally for Pelosi and 30 conservatives merely abstain Boner is denied a win. In many years the ‘majority’ party would adjurn to caucus to find an acceptable compromise candidate while the ‘minority’ party sat back and smirked. But I’m not certain Boner will accept defeat gracefully nor am I certain the rats wouldn’t offer a lifeline. TX legislature kept a RINO as speaker with Rat votes IIRC. I’m not sure how it would all play out. There would have to be at least 30 RINOs willing to be picking the speaker with open Democratic support if there were enough conservatives to block a purely GOP pick. Are there enough RINOs willing to come that far out of their closet to save Boner, or would they rather try to sneak one of their by as Boner’s replacement? It would certainly become interesting and I would not count on these votes being forgotten, not even by the MSM. It would be too juicy not to cover it.
Jan. 6th is what I read. It’s a weird process where each member stands up and names support for whomever. Supposedly there will not be punishment for those who do not support boehner in this public vote.