Posted on 01/03/2023 7:49:50 AM PST by campaignPete R-CT
electing a new House speaker could take hours or even days.
“It’s going to be a chaotic day,” a top aide to one of the GOP holdouts told The Washington Times on Tuesday. “Could this last for days? Yeah, it could.”
Rep. Scott Perry, a conservative Republican from Pennsylvania, outlined the demands Mr. McCarthy has so far rejected, including commitments to consider term limits for members of Congress, a balanced budget measure and legislation to replace income taxes with a national sales tax.
“Kevin McCarthy had an opportunity to be speaker of the House,” Rep. Mr. Perry said Tuesday. “He rejected it.”
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As long as McCarthy isn’t Speaker, I don’t care how long it takes.
I thought term limits were nixed by the courts years ago.
Personally I hope they end up having to draft Scalise. I think he would be marginally better than McCarthy.
Yep, shut the House down and all funding. Government is awash with money, they'll do just fine.
Think of what a bad sign of impending leadership it is when the putative Speaker is giving away things (parking spaces, offices, chairmanships, etc.) in the looming shadow of the new Congress, just to be selected.
McCarthy will be a huge mistake, if selected.
I’m not sure I know who would be better (Jim Jordan? Someone outside of the House?) but I am confident that McCarthy has signaled he’s not the one, primarily by the way he failed to capitalize on the failures of the Biden administration to achieve better results in the Midterms. He had no vision, no national theme to connect GOP candidates across the country. I have heard verbal miscues from him that are scary.
This is not the guy. Better have multiple ballots and someone else than to select this guy and regret it (a la Paul Ryan) for 2 years.
How long could it possibly take to demoralize and metaphorically stab every conservative in the back?
Rep. Scott Perry, a conservative Republican from Pennsylvania, outlined the demands Mr. McCarthy has so far rejected, including commitments to consider term limits for members of Congress, a balanced budget measure and legislation to replace income taxes with a national sales tax.
All good suggestions, but the RINO’s and entrenched will not support it.
Current House practice dictates that the Speaker must be elected by a majority of those voting for a specific Speaker candidate by surname. Vacancies, absences and “present” votes lower that threshold.
Theoretically, some McCarthy opponents could vote “present” rather than for an alternative candidate in order to express opposition without jeopardizing McCarthy’s path to the gavel.
For instance, if 216 Republicans vote for McCarthy, 212 vote for Jeffries, two Republicans vote for other candidates and four vote “present,” McCarthy would be elected Speaker with a majority of all those voting for a candidate.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3796286-live-coverage-house-set-to-vote-for-next-speaker/
I guess the threshold also could be lowered by Democrats being absent or voting present.
IMO-—IF NOTHING ELSE-—The BIDEN Admin has proven that we MUST pass TERM LIMITS
Uh, this is exactly how we got Ryan. We had a bunch of self-absorbed politicians acting out and overthrowing Boehner without any plan or strategy for who came after.
Same scenario here. Do you really think the entire Republican caucas will vote for someone more conservative than McCarthy?
Rep. Scott Perry, a conservative Republican from Pennsylvania, outlined the demands Mr. McCarthy has so far rejected, including commitments to consider term limits for members of Congress, a balanced budget measure and legislation to replace income taxes with a national sales tax.
All good suggestions, but the RINO’s and entrenched will not support it.
If those opposing McCarthy are outmaneuvered and McCarthy is still elected Speaker even with their opposition it will be impossible for them to have any clout in the Congress this term.
So do I.
You’re correct.
A “moderate” will be the speaker with help from Dem absences
Final vote on nth ballot:
Moderate 215
Jefferies 204
Conservative 10
Absent 6
My understanding is that none of the newly elected House members can be sworn in until this is resolved. Always watch the other hand.
McCarthy has been lining up his ducks to become speaker for many years. It’s hard to see this Gang of 9 or whatever stopping this train but good luck to them. Most likely this is just more GOPe orchestrated beltway theater for the base.
BS. The holdout camp shouldn't be shoveling procedural BS to the MSM.
If McCarthy can't win a second ballot (maybe they'll give the holdouts a first-ballot beatdown on Kevin Faboo), they'll tap Scalise.
What is it with Dems and voting lasting for days?! They make a simple process difficult. Morons.
Oops ... I meant to say “politicians”. I guess I’m just so used to questioning Dems that that is was a originally typed. Oh, well.
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