"Vote for me and you get 'Woof-Woof' too."
Posted on 10/28/2015 1:03:59 PM PDT by Kenny
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) won the first round of votes for the job of House Speaker, but 45 Republican legislators voted against him.
Those 45 members are enough to block him from getting the Speakership during the partisan floor vote on Thursday — if the 45 GOP legislators maintain their opposition, and if Ryan is not aided by a last-minute bloc of Democratic votes.
During the closed-door conference, Ryan won just 200 votes for the nomination. Former Florida House Speaker Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) earned a whopping 43 votes. Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)—who isn’t officially running for Speaker—received one vote. House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who dropped out of the Speakership race a couple weeks ago, got one vote as well.
The failure on Ryan’s part to win 218 votes—the threshold for anyone to win the Speakership on the House floor assuming every member of the House is present and voting for a person—is a major embarrassment on his part.
The question now becomes whether Ryan will be able to get at 18 of the 45 Republican votes he lost to get behind him on the floor on Thursday. If he can’t succeed by the first ballot, the election could go to a second ballot on the floor—which would likely lead to Ryan’s demise.
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A sad day indeed.
They won’t quit until the RINO is speaker.
Bwahahahaha
So, there are a few in Versailles on the Potomac who don’t fancy a ride in the tumbril carts.
This is for all the TREY GOWDEY fans ....
“Rep. Trey Gowdy nominated Ryan”
Maybe if Ryno fought against the latest Cramulus Bill......
Let Ryan be the Speaker of the RINOs and Democrats.
That’s the truth anyway.
This is for all the TREY GOWDY fans ....
“Rep. Trey Gowdy nominated Ryan”
How could you possibly let Hillary skate, Gowdy?
One word: Arkancide
They are likely playing some pre-scripted game and it is all decided already.
Madam Hillary Defarge has been taking names for years...
A major embarrassment that couldn’t have happened to a more deserving guy. Kudos to the 45 who actually have a pair.
"Vote for me and you get 'Woof-Woof' too."
Good news, but how long could it last?
They’ll just have to apply the thumb screws a little tighter.
There is no distinction. We have pelosi republicans and pelosi democrats. All part and parcel of the same uniparty.
This is what the GOPe get when they don’t back ‘other’ conservative GOP candidates ... I could start with Ollie North and go forward, but you get the idea ... Unity is a one way street with the GOPe ...
I'm disgusted - Ryan will be Boehner Jr and easier for the dems to manipulate, but without the orange "tan".
18 new bridges or paving projects to give away...
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