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Posted on 10/03/2023 4:50:36 AM PDT by FarCenter
Fresh off averting a government shutdown, House members on both sides of the aisle are being thrust into the second historic Speakership battle in a year — forcing Democrats to confront a big political decision.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Monday moved to force a vote on ousting Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), largely based on the handling of a “clean” continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government open on Saturday.
It marks just the third attempt in House history to remove a sitting Speaker — following an unsuccessful move against Speaker Joe Cannon (R-Ill.) in 1910 and one against Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in 2015 that was also unsuccessful, but contributed to his later resignation.
At least four House Republicans said they will support or are leaning in favor of the “motion to vacate.” In the slim House majority, just a handful Republican lawmakers could be enough to push the Speaker out — largely depending on how Democrats vote.
That means where Democrats stand is the wildcard that could determine whether McCarthy holds onto the gavel or becomes the first Speaker to be voted out.
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Depending on absences, just five GOP votes in favor of booting McCarthy as Speaker could put the onus on Democrats.
House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) sent a letter to House Democrats on Sunday informing members that, if a motion to vacate is offered against McCarthy, the group “will have a Caucus wide discussion on how to address the motion to best meet the needs of the American people.”
House Democrats are scheduled to huddle during their weekly caucus meeting Tuesday morning.
Democrats could allow McCarthy to remain in the Speakership without directly voting for him by voting “present” — or not at all.
Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has been coy about the caucus’ plans for a potential motion to vacate, brushing aside questions as hypotheticals and insisting that the group will “cross that bridge” when it gets there.
Well then we can just wipe the slate clean and declare Biden squeaky clean ?????
The Democrats will probably just help to table the motion.
There is a pretty good BIO of Washington called “His Excellency” - He and Hamilton were at odds about ‘political parties’ and it appears GW was right.
Hakeem Jeffries for speaker!
Explains why Deep State has a mad-on for the Founding Fathers and why Big Ed no longer offers a classical education.
That must be Gaetz plan.
“After McCarthY survives this they need to kick Gaetz out of the Republican Caucus and strip him of his committee assignments.”
If anyone should be kicked out it’s McCarthy. He hasn’t kept a single promise he made. Not one.
He promised no more CRs.
He promised no more Omnibus bills.
He promised to release all the J6 tapes.
Why should he keep the job?
L
Sane people already know what he’s done. The insane ones are pretending a need to know. Send subpoenas, not invitations to appear at yet another committee
Are there more than 218 Democrats?
The Democrats are so evil that they have been setting this up all along in their attempt to steal the Speakership from the Republicans.
The Reps have controlled the House for almost three years. The border is till open with 10,000 illegal aliens entering daily—over 7 million since Biden took office. McCarthy and the GOP have been AWOL while the greatest invasion in human history continues.
What's the difference?
Take the vote.
If it happens, there won’t be a big difference.
Yep.
Might as well as the GOP are acting like Dems..
But the US southern remains wide open. It is a far greater threat to our national security than the slow-walked impeachment inquiry. McCarthy doesn’t have the votes for impeachment.
Fake news. The Repukes have to.be dumb enough to vote for him...hmmm, maybe not so fake. Oh well. It’s better to know who or what you’re fighting.
Not a dime’s worth of difference.
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