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To: Lisbon1940
November: Sen. Ted Cruz elected Speaker of the House.

How can a Senator be elected Speaker of the House?

34 posted on 09/25/2015 8:06:08 AM PDT by JoeFromSidney ( book, RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY, available from Amazon)
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To: JoeFromSidney

Anybody can be. Sarah Palin even.


35 posted on 09/25/2015 8:08:12 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: JoeFromSidney

I am not a Constitutional scholar, but have learned from others here that anybody can be elected Speaker. You don’t have to be a Member of Congress. As to whether Ted could be both a Senator and Speaker at once, I don’t see anything that excludes it.


38 posted on 09/25/2015 8:17:04 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term governors)
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