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Democrats overwhelmingly nominate Pelosi as Speaker amid rebellion
The Hill ^ | 11/28/18 | Mike Lillis

Posted on 11/28/2018 12:40:20 PM PST by Simon Green

House Democrats voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to nominate Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to the Speakership in a 203-32 vote.

The outcome was no surprise despite an entrenched rebellion from insurgent lawmakers who want changes to Democratic leadership. Pelosi was running uncontested and enjoys widespread support within the liberal-heavy caucus she’s led since 2003.

The 32 votes against her were fewer than the 63 votes won in a 2016 contest for minority leader by Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), who ran against Pelosi at the time.

Still, Pelosi faces a tougher test the first week of January, when the full House meets to choose the Speaker in a public vote requiring a majority of the entire voting chamber.

Pelosi can not afford 32 Democratic votes against her in that contest, though she has weeks to convince some of her opponents to either vote for her on the floor, or vote present — reducing the total number of votes needed on the floor for victory.

Wednesday’s vote was conducted by private ballot in the Visitors Center of the Capitol. It was reflective of the unusual nature of this year’s leadership elections that there were written ballots at all.

Pelosi was running unchallenged for the Speaker nomination in the next Congress, and typically such races are decided by unanimous consent. This year, though, the clamor for casting a protest vote — particularly from incoming freshman who had promised voters to oppose Pelosi — was loud enough that party leaders offered paper ballots with a simple “yes/no” option on the question of whether Pelosi should be Speaker.

Indeed, Pelosi herself had given lawmakers the green-light to vote against her in the closed ballot, with the idea that it may liberate them to vote “present” in the Jan. 3 floor vote, according to a Democratic lawmaker familiar with the discussions.

“Pelosi has released some members to vote no in caucus and then vote present on the House floor,” the lawmaker said Wednesday morning, before the voting began.

Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y) said that rebel members met with Pelosi before the vote in an effort "to engage her in a reasonable conversation about leadership transition," but were rejected.

"Unfortunately, our concerns were dismissed outright," she said in a statement.


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To: Simon Green

As I stated right here after the election. This was all Kabuki theatre. Pelosi was going to be the Speaker. There was no doubt about that.


21 posted on 11/28/2018 1:06:33 PM PST by Obadiah
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To: bigbob
The crazy, socialist, botox, OLD, W H I T E bag lady who has mush for brains and can't string two coherent sentences together is going to be the face and mouthpiece of the DEMON-RAT party for the next two years until 2020 when President Trump is going to beat them like a rented mule... !

How funny, how delicious; couldn't have happened to a more deserving cast of communist, socialist clowns.

22 posted on 11/28/2018 1:07:56 PM PST by Jmouse007 (Lord God Almighty, deliver us from this evil in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.)
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To: AppyPappy

So let’s see the names of the 32 who opposed Pelosi versus all those who made a campaign promise that they wouldn’t support Pelosi for Speaker.


23 posted on 11/28/2018 1:08:11 PM PST by Obadiah
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To: bigbob

It was NEVER an issue.

Don’t let her craziness fool her ruthlessness and willingness to take lives.

Pop’s ties to the Sicilian mafia aren’t just the thing of legends.

The “I am woman/black/both hear me roar” went out with a whimper when they got those calls or visits in the dead of night.


24 posted on 11/28/2018 1:09:51 PM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Simon Green

"My people love me,they better"

25 posted on 11/28/2018 1:12:28 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Simon Green

AHAHAHA!!


26 posted on 11/28/2018 1:13:39 PM PST by Constitution Day
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To: bigbob

the next election will be an easy sell for mr. t using luNancy’s and dem congress guaranteed misbehavior in the next 2 years


27 posted on 11/28/2018 1:16:50 PM PST by conservativeimage (These are dark times, there is no denying.)
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To: Simon Green

Gimme back my Gulfstream G5 so I can fly home to California every weekend without stopping to refuel like I did on that G3 and oh, don’t forget my $100,000 a year liquor bill to boot.


28 posted on 11/28/2018 1:20:04 PM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: Simon Green

Hell has broken open and the witch has escaped!!!!


29 posted on 11/28/2018 1:24:43 PM PST by RetiredArmy (We are in the Last Days of human history. Jesus is coming back, & soon! Do U know Him?)
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To: RetiredArmy

How did that fraud lamb vote ?


30 posted on 11/28/2018 1:27:04 PM PST by italianquaker
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To: Obadiah

“So let’s see the names of the 32 who opposed Pelosi versus all those who made a campaign promise that they wouldn’t support Pelosi for Speaker.”

Of course, we’ll never see that. But the key is gonna be the vote on the House Floor for Speaker. That vote is recorded.

I wonder how many of the Dems who promised they’d never vote for Nancy will do then? If they vote for Nancy, they broke a campaign promise. They’ll never vote for McCarthy as Speaker.

Will they vote “Present” or not vote at all?

The race to recapture the House in 2020 starts with this very first vote.


31 posted on 11/28/2018 1:28:27 PM PST by MplsSteve
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To: Simon Green

She will get all the votes she needs. And as for those who vowed to never vote for her for Speaker? Sinema said she would not vote for Schumer for Senate Minority and she went ahead and did on the first vote. See, it’s easy! Lie to get elected and then just go ahead and do whatever you want. You don’t have to worry for about getting elected again for 6 years.


32 posted on 11/28/2018 1:30:54 PM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell)
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To: Simon Green

Have to keep the slaves in line.


33 posted on 11/28/2018 1:35:53 PM PST by fwdude (Forget the Catechism, the RCC's real doctrine is what they allow with impunity.)
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To: Simon Green

I suppose she’ll be Speaker until she retires now. The Dems have figured out how to rig House elections now, so she’ll be in charge for quite a while.


34 posted on 11/28/2018 1:41:53 PM PST by woweeitsme
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To: fwdude
Have to keep the slaves in line.

They retire as millionaires and can get a pension on top of that with just 5 years of service.

35 posted on 11/28/2018 1:42:32 PM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: Simon Green

Destined to be a pyrrhic victory.
IOW: “You’ll be sorry!”


36 posted on 11/28/2018 1:43:41 PM PST by lee martell (AT)
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To: Simon Green

Who did the Republicans vote for?

5.56mm


37 posted on 11/28/2018 1:44:27 PM PST by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP!)
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To: Simon Green

Dems -> Radical
GOP-e-> Moderate or Lefty

Newt was the only exception


38 posted on 11/28/2018 1:46:26 PM PST by Zathras
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To: Simon Green

lock step lemmings


39 posted on 11/28/2018 1:47:51 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: Simon Green

As if the Pig-Louse is any less, stupid, ignorant, or radical than Occasional Cortex


40 posted on 11/28/2018 1:49:10 PM PST by Fai Mao (There is no rule of law in the US until The PIAPS is executed.)
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