"Republicans need not worry about handing the Speakership over to Nancy Pelosi or some other Democrat in this process, either. “Don’t worry about Speaker Boehner losing GOP votes in a secret ballot,” the House rule document compiled by staffers obtained by Breitbart News read.
It is still not possible for Pelosi to become Speaker even with 100 % of Democrats united behind her and a split GOP vote. The reason is to become Speaker it is not enough to win a plurality. One must win an absolute majority of all votes cast for an individual.
So even if all 201 Democrats vote Pelosi, Boehner gets 1 vote, and the remaining 233 Republicans each vote for a different individual, Pelosi does not win. Pelosi would need 218 to reach a majority of the 435 votes cast for an individual. Since Republicans have a 33 vote advantage in the House, the only way Pelosi wins is if 17 Boehner opponents affirmatively vote Pelosi or abstain rather than simply vote for an alternative candidate. Both these scenarios are easily avoided. The same argument applies if fewer than 435 Members show up to vote. The magic number would be less than 218 but Pelosi still cannot get there so long as there are more Republicans in the room than Democrats and they don’t abstain or voter [sic] for her.
My vote is for Rush. He could even do his radio show on the House floor.
Seriously, it would be very interesting.
There is nothing that says the speaker HAS TO BE a congressman- BRING BACK NEWT~!!!!!!!!!!
Scott Walker or Paul Ryan!!
Scott Walker or Paul Ryan!!
Or Gingrich even
First off, the old guard rino liberals like Boehner have abdicated their constitutional and moral principles and are liberal lite at this point and therefore are untrustworty. These sequestered hearings should have been conducted in Congress with all representives there so that the various states represented could have their individual votes.
Second, the whole federal establishment are now unconstitutional representives as their track records have proven. There are some 600 people in DC of the 3 branches of federal government who are destroying the whole country, which are made up of a majority of red states and who now represent blue states policies and the of nazi left wing facism. We day by day as our country is gang raped by leftists liberals and their rino cohorts. I agree with our early forefathers motto, no taxation without representation. Our country is dying and conservatism is being destroyed by facists; we are like the people at the alamo and must bravely stand as we die together. There is hope if the red states secceed or if a 3rd party is created to spite the evil dems and rinos in DC.
Thirdly, we must pray together to the one and only living creator God of Israel who is over all for His mercy toward us in Jesus Holy Name.
What? Is Boehner not lefty enough for the present day GOP?
Overthrow the Crying Man!
Pelosi could become speaker if Boner and his rino buddies vote for her out of spite. And don’t put it past them.
Nothing will surprise me anymore. And nothing will take away my happiness.
He is morally irresponsible at least and an active adulterer at best. Sorry, it matters to me.
Also remember the Contract with America. Recall that of the 10 legislative points proffered by the plan, only eight were made into law. The main two, which I propose were the absolute most critical and would have harbored us safe from the continuing circus we call Congress, were the Balanced Budget Amendment and Term Limits. Here we are 18 years later still enduring same tired voices of the same old Progressivism, DemocRat and Republican. Newt? He has not kept faith with conservatives ( balanced budget, smaller government) so we as conservatives owe him nothing.
Term limits would have absorbed most of the current Washington elitists by now and a Balanced Budget Amendment would have been prohibitive of off budget wars (thank you George Bush for absolutely destroying the balanced budget conservative Republicans finally passed, you flaming Progressive), TARP, the Union payoff a.k.a the Stimulus, the auto bailout (another union coffer to DNC money scam) and four years of baseline budgeting via continuing resolutions. Not one DemocRat has had to vote for a single deficit in four years. That is a crime John Boehner (a protege' of Newt) should be held accountable for.
I just read on another website that Rep. Pete Sessions of TX, son of the former FBI director, said the GOP has caved (no surprise to anyone) and Obama is the winner again with such weak leadership by the GOP.
But, but, Boehner’s “plan B” was a year old Nancy Pelosi proposal... How could any Republican or conservative be upset with Republican leadership pushing stale San-Fran Nancy Pelosi ideas?