Posted on 12/27/2020 9:15:37 AM PST by SeekAndFind
According to a report, Democrats are panicking, fearful that the COVID-19 pandemic could prevent Nancy Pelosi from being re-elected as House speaker despite Democrats holding a majority in the chamber.
Is this really possible? Well, let’s see.
While House members can vote by proxy due to emergency rules adopted in May to protect members from getting and spreading COVID-19, but, as The Hill reports, “ proxy-voting rule expires with the new Congress, requiring lawmakers to be in the Capitol in person if they want to participate in the Jan. 3 floor vote for Speaker.”
New rules governing the 117th Congress happen after the vote for speaker.
House Democrats have been taking advantage of this proxy-voting rule in significant numbers. On December 18, nearly 90 Democrats voted by proxy.
This means that candidates for speaker of the House must receive a majority of the votes cast in person to be elected speaker. Democrats already have a thin majority of 222 seats following the 2020 election, and three moderate Democrats say they don’t intend to vote for Pelosi when the vote takes place on January 3. In addition, several Democrats have health conditions that have kept them from the Capitol in 2020. It would only take a small number of Democrats being exposed to COVID-19 prior to the vote for Pelosi to potentially be in trouble.
“COVID is a wild card,” said Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.). “If we have sick members who cannot come back, and we only have a four-vote majority, it throws our entire advent of the 117th Congress in peril — a smooth advent.”
Fifty-six percent of voters think Pelosi should not be reelected as speaker. Only 31% of voters support her.
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) believes it’s a real possibility that Republicans could outnumber Democrats for the vote,
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*sigh*
Remember back in the late 50’s there was a magic 8 ball you shake it turn it upside down and it gives you a reading?.......................
Wouldn’t matter anyway.
They’re mostly all traitors to the American people.
Good grief... someone is off their meds. The sun has a better chance of rising from the east, than the mindless, demented Demonics not voting in the Nanzi as speaker.
Interesting. Who cares?
Won’t happen anyhow.
RINO Dem. Who cares?
The interesting info in this article is the vote by proxy that has been going on.
Another example of the illegitimacy of the government.
Why do we need a Washington DC? Answer: we don’t.
The only way Pelosi does not continue as SOTH is if she drops dead.
She will be elected speaker and that fraud lamb will vote as the democrats demand
So, according to the writer, a GOP House Speaker is all based on Democrat House Members getting sick in the next week
Pelosi or Pelosi light?
Not a single mention in this story about the possibility of some Republican members of the House not being able to attend the vote in person because of COVID.
Well, the internet site is there and the editors are demanding something to fill space.
From what I understand, Democrats are terrified of the virus. Not the Republicans. Even if its only 5%, that’ll mean you’ll have 10 Democrats who will refuse to show up.
blah blah blah....ain’t gonna happen.
Proxy votes?? Mail in votes?? All democrat basics.
Breaking News...Matt Gaetz is voted in a Speaker of the House, Biden has a stroke./sarc
DC is so damned corrupt that it makes no difference who is in charge! If the deep state can specify who is going to be POTUS regardless of who was elected then it makes no difference! It would be good if the youngsters studied the Chinese language to prepare for what is coming!
Pelosi wins by 1000 votes.
The elected demonrats are not afraid of corona. They are simply lazy, and are happy scaring their sheep from the comfort of home
Pubbies could hold 300 seats and 70 senate seats - and the WH and still wouldn’t accomplish anything meaningful
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