Posted on 10/13/2015 6:48:54 AM PDT by Isara
SIOUX CITY — While campaigning for president in Sioux City Monday, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz weighed in on the turmoil surrounding the selection of the top Republican leader in the House.
“I think the next speaker should be Mark Levin,” Cruz said, naming the conservative talk radio host who worked in the Reagan’s administration and was the chief of staff for former Attorney General Edwin Meese.
Cruz, a first-term senator, was joined at a rally at Western Iowa Community College by two top Iowa Republican lawmakers, Sen. Chuck Grassley and 4th District Rep. Steve King.
Facing opposition from a group of conservative House members that includes King, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio announced Sept. 28 he would step down and resign his seat. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, who had appeared to be an odds-on favorite to replace Boehner, dropped out of the race last week after many of the same conservatives backed a different candidate. The moves have left the House in turmoil with no clear speaker in sight.
During Monday's rally in front of about 200 people, Cruz spoke about his disappointment in President Barack Obama, calling him the world’s most powerful communist before stating the nation was in a state of crisis.
The candidate detailed items he said he would do the first day if elected to office, including doing away with all “illegal and unconstitutional executive actions set forth by the president.”
Cruz promised to launch a criminal investigation on Planned Parenthood and end the persecution of religious liberty of groups such as the Little Sisters of the Poor, a group of nuns who are in a legal battle against a federal requirement to provide contraception coverage to their employees because of provisions in the Affordable Care Act.
Cruz said Iowa’s role in the presidential election was important, as it has great influence in deciding who the next presidential nominee of the Republican Party will be.
“If we pick another established moderate, we will lose the election,” Cruz said. “That’s why it’s so important we pick a true conservative.”
Sioux City was the final stop on a full day of campaigning for Cruz, who also visited Fort Dodge, Rockwell City and Sac City on Monday.
I second that
Why not?
Love it!
I would assume he would have to get elected to the House first-—but I really don’t know what the rules are.
I would assume he would have to get elected to the House first-—but I really don’t know what the rules are.
Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution states, “The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers.”
Although the Constitution does not require the Speaker to be a Member of the House, all Speakers have been Members.
When a Congress convenes for the first time, each major party conference or caucus nominates a candidate for Speaker. Members customarily elect the Speaker by roll call vote. A Member usually votes for the candidate from his or her own party conference or caucus but can vote for anyone, whether that person has been nominated or not.
To be elected, a candidate must receive an absolute majority of the votes cast—which may be less than a majority of the full House because of vacancies, absentee Members, or Members who vote “present.” If no candidate receives the majority of votes, the roll call is repeated until a majority is reached and the Speaker is elected.
http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/memberfaq.aspx
I would assume he would have to get elected to the House first-—
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Nope but then I doubt the House would choose a non member for the position.
You do not have to be a member of the House to elected to the position of Speaker.
I see Mark Levin said “thanks but no” on twitter today.
LOL
LOL...I’m buying duct tape stock...
Libtards, GOPe heads will be exploding...
BTW, excellent idea, Mr Cruz...
“I think the next speaker should be Mark Levin”
GO MARK LEVIN - HOUSE SPEAKER!!!
GET OFF THE PHONE YOU BIG DOPE!
Look....all I want is a months worth of video of Marc telling those lunkheads on the House floor:
“Shut-up you moron!”
There is, IMHO, one outsider who would actually have a chance at winning enough support..Jim DeMint
How about Donald Trump? That’s one way to get him out of the way.
How about a serious suggestion?
DeMint? GREAT choice.
“What do you think, Mr. Producer.....?”
Thank you for the answer.
At my age, I’ve forgotten more than I ever knew—LOL!
I’m opposed to anything that would interfere with Mark’s daily radio show.
It’s bad enough when he takes off for a day or so and a guest host must fill in.
How the process works:
The House of Representatives elects the Speaker of the House on the first day of every new Congress and in the event of the death or resignation of an incumbent Speaker. The Clerk of the House of Representatives requests nominations: there are normally two, one from each major party (each party having previously met to decide on its nominee). The Clerk then calls the roll of the Representatives, each Representative indicating the surname of the candidate he or she is supporting. Representatives are not restricted to voting for one of the nominated candidates and may vote for any person, even for someone who is not a member of the House at all. They may also abstain by voting "present".
Although no rule exists, based on tradition and practice from the earliest days of the nation, to be elected speaker a candidate must receive an absolute majority of all votes cast for individuals, i.e. excluding those who abstain. If no candidate wins such a majority, then the roll call is repeated until a speaker is elected. The last time repeated votes were required was in 1923, when the Speaker was elected on the ninth ballot.
The new Speaker is then sworn in by the Dean of the United States House of Representatives, the chamber's longest-serving member.
Levin's chances of getting elected as Speaker by GOPe congresscritters is highly unlikely. We know he wouldn't get even 1 vote from the opposite side of the aisle. Matter of fact with numerous Republicans running there is a real possibility that a Democrat may become the successor to John Bonehead Boehner.
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