Posted on 01/05/2023 12:00:11 AM PST by RandFan
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) sent a letter to the Architect of the Capitol on Tuesday questioning why House Speaker candidate Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was already inhabiting the Speaker’s office amid an intraparty battle over the House’s top leadership position.
“I write to inform you that the Speaker of the House Office located in the U.S. Capitol Building is currently occupied by Rep. Kevin McCarthy,” Gaetz said in the letter.
“As of this morning, the 117th Congress adjourned sine die, and a Speaker from the 118th Congress has not been elected,” he continued. “After three undeciding votes, no member can lay claim to this office.”
McCarthy failed to secure a majority for his Speakership bid in three consecutive votes on Tuesday, leading Republican leaders to adjourn for the day. A group of 19 GOP lawmakers, including Gaetz, consistently opposed McCarthy on all three rounds, with Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) joining the anti-McCarthy group in the final vote of the day
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Can’t argue with that.
I still can’t wrap my head around why he supported him in the first place. The headlines have left me a bald spot from scratching my head in puzzlement, magnified by my natural skepticism of the ‘news’ proving true.
YUP
I am baffled why any vote can take place at all-—NONE of the House members have been sworn in yet-—sooooooo How do they have authority to select a Speaker???
Waters-—ANOTHER person NO ONE should ever trust.
It is PERSONAL with ALL voters-—
LIFE IS PERSONAL
No person who wants a job of power that badly should ever have it.
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