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Vacate the Chair!
townhall.com ^ | 9/29/15 | Rich Galen

Posted on 03/24/2017 3:05:00 PM PDT by cotton1706

There is a rarely used motion available to Members of the U.S. House who are dissatisfied with their leadership. The form is: I move to vacate the chair."

Sounds innocuous but the effects can be shattering. It is the equivalent of a "no-confidence" vote in the British House of Commons.

If a majority agree with the motion to vacate the chair the current Speaker is stripped of his or her office and a new election must be held.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections
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1 posted on 03/24/2017 3:05:00 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Let’s Roll folks!!! Get RINORYAN OUT!!!


2 posted on 03/24/2017 3:06:04 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: cotton1706

Get rid of socialist Paul Ryan

Put Marine LePen in his place


3 posted on 03/24/2017 3:06:19 PM PDT by Democrat_media (Yellen raising rates with only 1.8% growth to hurt Trump send USA to depression)
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To: cotton1706

This is a vote of no confidence.

Ryan should resign as Speaker.


4 posted on 03/24/2017 3:06:22 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: cotton1706

Paul Ryan is a dirty little shirt.


5 posted on 03/24/2017 3:07:37 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: cotton1706

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHRNSeuvzlM

DREAM ON!


6 posted on 03/24/2017 3:07:58 PM PDT by heterosupremacist (Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
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To: cotton1706
Vacate the Chair!

I so move. . . !!!!!

7 posted on 03/24/2017 3:10:30 PM PDT by RatRipper (The biggest threat to US national security is our government and those in it.)
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To: ifinnegan
Ryan should resign as Speaker

Of course he should. He's totally sold out to his masters. He just can't help himself, writing a bill that gives huge profits to insurance companies. He arrogantly forgot that the reason he has this unbelievable level of power is because people who want government out of their lives voted for Trump and a US Senate majority.

It's what we've suspected all along. Traitorous Republicans wanted campaign issues for themselves, but not have a majority which gave them no excuse to not make good on their campaign promises.

8 posted on 03/24/2017 3:10:33 PM PDT by grania (only a pawn in their game)
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To: cotton1706

We’re going to lose the Congress and the country because of these disfunctional pathetic idiot Republicans. That’s how stupid they are.


9 posted on 03/24/2017 3:10:46 PM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: cotton1706

Doesn’t the full House vote for Speaker?


10 posted on 03/24/2017 3:11:41 PM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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To: cotton1706

Do it.

I nominate Gingrich for Chair....


11 posted on 03/24/2017 3:15:26 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: cotton1706

Get Rid Of RINO Ryan!


12 posted on 03/24/2017 3:15:47 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: cotton1706
Ryan must go!

Newt for Speaker.

13 posted on 03/24/2017 3:16:21 PM PDT by Chgogal (I will NOT submit, therefore, Jihadists hate me.)
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To: grania

You make good points. Ryan didn’t even see the great opportunity he was given.


14 posted on 03/24/2017 3:17:01 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: cotton1706
Get rid of this enemy of the American people called Paul Ryan

Ryan = Obama


15 posted on 03/24/2017 3:17:06 PM PDT by Democrat_media (Yellen raising rates with only 1.8% growth to hurt Trump send USA to depression)
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To: cotton1706

Get Ryan out! And Comey and the rest of the Deep State along with him!! Trump you’re WASTING PRECIOUS TIME!


16 posted on 03/24/2017 3:17:22 PM PDT by TTFlyer
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To: Vendome
"I nominate Gingrich for Chair"

I second that motion!

17 posted on 03/24/2017 3:18:23 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental illness: A totalitarian psyche.)
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To: Williams

‘We’re going to lose the Congress and the country because of these disfunctional pathetic idiot Republicans.’

Not if they boot Ryan and do an immediate course correction.


18 posted on 03/24/2017 3:21:04 PM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Fantasywriter

I hope they replace Ryan immediately. But they aren’t going to pass a more conservative health care bill. I don’t think.


19 posted on 03/24/2017 3:26:48 PM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: Fantasywriter
Has anyone actually read this bill, that Paul Ryan was pushing?

Is it available on the Internet that the average person can go to and read?

just wondering..

I just put my faith and trust in the Republicans, but should have known better as many of them are not standing by the POTUS that we, the voters chose...

20 posted on 03/24/2017 3:26:53 PM PDT by haircutter (a)
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