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To: cotton1706
Speaker’s are term-limited to six years (thanks to Gingrich) so he’ll likely announce his retirement before the end of this congress.

Then how come Hastert was speaker for 8 years?

21 posted on 01/21/2015 6:18:55 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

“Then how come Hastert was speaker for 8 years?”

He was granted a waiver to the rule.


24 posted on 01/21/2015 7:38:03 AM PST by cotton1706 (ThisRepublic.net)
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