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To: Vigilanteman
Pelosi needs exactly 1/2 plus one vote of the democrat caucus to be Speaker.

She has that sewn up better than a San Francisco drag queens dress.

26 posted on 11/10/2006 1:00:59 PM PST by Dane ("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
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To: Dane

Not correct. To be elected Speaker, the nominee needs to have the support of a simple majority of the members of the House voting. That is, if all members vote, Pelosi would need almost all of the Democrats to win.


28 posted on 11/10/2006 1:07:37 PM PST by mak5
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To: Dane

That's not true. She needs to have 1/2 of the votes of the entire House plus one. Ralph Hall voted for Hastert the year before he switched parties. The caucus does not elect the Speaker of the House, the entire House elects the speaker. All other positions are elected in the caucus'.


31 posted on 11/10/2006 1:10:02 PM PST by PhiKapMom ( Go Sooners! Thanks Aggies for your 12th Man!)
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To: Dane

No, she needs a majority of the entire House to become speaker. There could be a Republican Speaker if enough Dems throw their support behind him/her.


32 posted on 11/10/2006 1:10:39 PM PST by WinOne4TheGipper (http://lonestarconservative.blogspot.com/2006/11/open-letter-to-moderate-voters.html)
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