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.
Piglosi’s brains are fried, what few she has.
Not much different than the Republicrats! They promised the Tea Party, "vote us in and we'll repeal Obamacare and we'll make government smaller!" Yeah, right! The Uniparty rules!!!
That's just the nomination battle inside the Democrat caucus. It takes 218 votes to win if every member of the house votes. For every 2 Democrats who do not vote at all when the whole House meets to elect leadership, the number of required to win decreases by 1. With 32 members not voting, the number of of votes needed to win is 202. If all those 32 vote for other candidates, and all Republicans vote, Pelosi would still need 218 votes. Republicans will be voting for their own candidate for Speaker. If the rebel Democrats stay united, they can block Pelosi.
well, she doesn’t have the votes.
If there is the election and 203 is all the votes she gets, then the field is open for a new candidate to step forward.
She is now either subject to terrible embarassment or to providing major concessions
The Democrat party: the Party of Antichrist.
You may be on to something. ;-)
Just in they promised a fix to Healthcare which is why according to all the talking heads they won the House, the dirty little secret that San Fran Nan has No Plan: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johngoodman/2018/11/26/do-democrats-have-a-health-care-plan/#791e7ac2644b
she cant even talk straight long enough think straight ...are they stupid ..hmmmm, yes
Those Dems opposed, as of today:
Tim Ryan (D-OH)
Seth Moulton (D-MA)
Kathleen Rice (D-NY)
Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)
Kurt Schrader (D-OR)
Filemon Vela Jr. (D-TX)
Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
Bill Foster (D-IL)
Linda Sanchez (D-CA)
Jim Cooper (D-TN)
Rep.-elect Jeff Van Drew (D-NJ)
Rep.-elect Joe Cunningham (D-SC)
Rep.-elect Max Rose (D-NY)
Rep.-elect Anthony Brindisi (D-NY)
Rep.-elect Gil Cisneros (D-CA)
Rep.-elect Ben McAdams (D-UT)
I nominate her for Guantanamo!
Have Republican Kevin McCarthy offer extremely plum committee assignments and earmarks to the not Pelosi crowd and the new dem freshman in exchange for voting him into the speakership. Their majority is pretty narrow.
One beep. Orange man bad.
Two beeps. Orange man very bad.
did she pick out her military plane and gourmet food yet?
Your post is right below something about Depends...lol
Will make for good C-Span viewing when pelosi goes into one of here slurred speech deer-in-the-headlights-episodes.
My congresscritter
She’s alright
Old school
Italian
The Democrats run a culture of revenge and retaliation. If one candidate opposes another for a seat of power, that candidate will be punished if he loses. Thus they don’t run if they are not sure to win. This lets whoever appears to be in control stay in control, whether or not they have any genuine support at all.
lol
Apparently Ocasio-Cortez was a rebel member until she sat down with Pelosi and afterward said she would support her.
She's made a deal with the Devil, that poor bastard.
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