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To: elkfersupper

Nope. If enough GOPers sit it out, the Dems wil choose the Speaker

103 posted on 12/05/2012 6:12:55 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)

To: GeronL

Get a history lesson.
It requires a set number of 218 votes, NOT a majority.
Congress would continue voting until that 218 vote is reached.

113 posted on 12/05/2012 7:13:16 PM PST by tennmountainman

To: GeronL

Nope. If enough GOPers sit it out, the Dems wil choose the Speaker

That actually might be a good thing in my book. I am past the point of caring, if the truth be known.

134 posted on 12/06/2012 4:33:59 PM PST by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)

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