To: cotton1706
Does the new speaker have to be somebody currently in Congress?
5 posted on
10/03/2023 4:14:31 PM PDT by
SamAdams76
(6,390,901 Truth | 86,874,940 Twitter)
To: SamAdams76
No. The Speaker does not have to be a member of the House.
19 posted on
10/03/2023 4:19:31 PM PDT by
july4thfreedomfoundation
(Disband and Defund the putrid FBI. America does not need an out of control Gestapo)
To: SamAdams76
No, but he or she actually has to want the job and then muster 218 votes somehow to get it.
49 posted on
10/03/2023 4:36:42 PM PDT by
Timber Rattler
("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
To: SamAdams76
No.
All part of the movie.
Get some popcorn and watch the show.
It will get better!
55 posted on
10/03/2023 4:39:39 PM PDT by
LoL_lady
(Traitors inside the walls are always worse than the barbarians at the gates.)
To: SamAdams76
Nope. It literally can be anybody.
78 posted on
10/03/2023 4:50:47 PM PDT by
napscoordinator
(DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
To: SamAdams76
No, there is no rule the Speaker has to be a member of Congress
80 posted on
10/03/2023 4:51:02 PM PDT by
MNJohnnie
(Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
To: SamAdams76
102 posted on
10/03/2023 5:01:31 PM PDT by
Candor7
(( Ask not for whom THE Trump trolls...He trolls for thee!)<img src=""width=500></img>)
To: SamAdams76
Does the new speaker have to be somebody currently in Congress?
No, the Constitution doesn't explicitly require it.
To: SamAdams76
No, the House can hire a nonmembers to fill the role. I think Trump would be great for the position.
To: SamAdams76
138 posted on
10/03/2023 5:28:31 PM PDT by
roving
(👌⚓Deplorable Listless Vessel with Trumpitist who looks Trumpish)
To: SamAdams76
“Does the new speaker have to be somebody currently in Congress?”
Actually, no.
159 posted on
10/03/2023 5:47:48 PM PDT by
ought-six
(Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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