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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.)
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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! )
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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!)
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To: SamAdams76

No.


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>)
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To: SamAdams76
Does the new speaker have to be somebody currently in Congress?

No, the Constitution doesn't explicitly require it.
117 posted on 10/03/2023 5:10:16 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: SamAdams76

No, the House can hire a nonmembers to fill the role. I think Trump would be great for the position.


119 posted on 10/03/2023 5:11:06 PM PDT by Ronald77
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To: SamAdams76

No.


138 posted on 10/03/2023 5:28:31 PM PDT by roving (👌⚓Deplorable Listless Vessel with Trumpitist who looks Trumpish)
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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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