[Owen]

112 No votes from GOP. That is the majority of the majority.

This bill should not have been advanced. Why do Speakers believe they have to oppose the majority of their own party?

[SteveH]

> This bill should not have been advanced. Why do Speakers believe they have to oppose the majority of their own party?

I would like to know also. And why is Johnson still the Speaker? Is 100% capitulation (capitulation with a smile no less) not enough proof of lack of patriotism?

(Dust in the wind...)

:( :( :(

[Reynoldo]

Why do Speakers believe they have to oppose the majority of their own party?

If a bill, ANY bill, passes almost 3-1, doesn’t that indicate there is reason to bring it to the floor?