Cotton1706, why did Tom Cotton vote for the Omnibus?
McCarthy did not stop the $1.8 trillion spending bill.
He’s toast.
Ditch Mitch too.
You're a funny guy.
Scalia’s might be marginally better than McCarthy but not much. My guess is he wants it but can’t say so out loud.
I apologize for the Tom Cotton reference, as I now see you have been here far longer than Tom Cotton has been in politics.
In one particular historical election for Speaker, there were 133 ballot votes.
I believe 17 times, more than one ballot took place over the entire history of the Speaker voting process.
Historical Highlights
The Longest and Most Contentious Speaker Election in House History
February 02, 1856
At the conclusion of the longest and most contentious Speaker election in House history, the House elected Representative Nathaniel Banks of Massachusetts as its presiding officer for the 34th Congress (1855–1857). Sectional conflict over slavery and a rising anti-immigrant mood in the nation contributed to a poisoned and deteriorating political climate. As a sign of the factionalism then existing in the House, more than 21 individuals initially vied for the Speaker’s post when the Members first gathered in December, 1855. After two months and 133 ballots, the House finally chose Representative Banks by a vote of 103 to 100 over Representative William Aiken of South Carolina. Banks, a member of both the nativist American (or “Know-Nothing”) Party and the Free Soil Party, served a term as Speaker before Democrats won control of the chamber in the 35th Congress (1857–1859). Banks retired from the House to serve as governor of Massachusetts.
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