Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 12:05     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
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Anonymous wrote:McCarthy now has the votes. he will be speaker tomorrow after the first vote


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His a$$. McCarthy clearly doesn't have the votes. He was out there this morning with a harebrained idea that 11 of the 20 would vote for him and the other 9 would abstain from voting. He has no strategy and is just grasping at straws. His only path forward is a deal with Jeffries, or to drop out.


Wanna bet he has the votes? This is reality TV. Fake and manufactured nonsense.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 12:03     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:I have a dumb question. Who is in charge of the proceedings on the floor right now?


Cheryl Johnson. Clerk of the house. She does not seem inclined to suffer fools.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 11:57     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
I have a dumb question. Who is in charge of the proceedings on the floor right now?
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 11:51     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:Cnn is reporting that McCarthy will immediately hold a vote to adjourn today to avoid losing on a 4th ballot and to give himself time to negotiate. The democrats will vote against the motion, if the republicans opposed to him follow suit, then he will look even weaker. This is getting hilarious


He’s had since 6 pm last night to negotiate. He’s had since Election Day to negotiate.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 11:51     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
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Anonymous wrote:Question: can 212 Democrats take control of the proceedings? Can they start making motions?

I’d love to see the Dems nominate a compromise candidate (Upton, Cheney, Sinema)


If a few republicans leave(bathroom, coup plot, group burning of the the constitution on the steps of the Capitol, etc) the major number will decrease and dems could win.


That would be awesome, however unlikely.

In the meantime, I’d like my tax dollars refunded for the days the House is not working.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 11:49     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:Question: can 212 Democrats take control of the proceedings? Can they start making motions?

I’d love to see the Dems nominate a compromise candidate (Upton, Cheney, Sinema)


If a few republicans leave(bathroom, coup plot, group burning of the the constitution on the steps of the Capitol, etc) the major number will decrease and dems could win.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 11:29     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Question: can 212 Democrats take control of the proceedings? Can they start making motions?

I’d love to see the Dems nominate a compromise candidate (Upton, Cheney, Sinema)
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 11:25     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Cnn is reporting that McCarthy will immediately hold a vote to adjourn today to avoid losing on a 4th ballot and to give himself time to negotiate. The democrats will vote against the motion, if the republicans opposed to him follow suit, then he will look even weaker. This is getting hilarious
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 11:18     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
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Anonymous wrote:McCarthy now has the votes. he will be speaker tomorrow after the first vote


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No way the Freedom Caucus will vote for K.Mc and without those votes, he doesn't have a majority.


So why wouldn't McCarthy just wait them out? Nobody else is even close to having as many votes. Well, except Jeffries.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 11:16     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:McCarthy now has the votes. he will be speaker tomorrow after the first vote


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No way the Freedom Caucus will vote for K.Mc and without those votes, he doesn't have a majority.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 09:12     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
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Anonymous wrote:How long can it take before there a gov shutdown?


The government doesn’t shut down over this. The House just can’t do any business before the Speaker is elected, which means Congress cannot pass any bills until the issue is resolved.


Let’s imagine for a minute the kinds of things that could happen, virtually instantly as far as outside observers are concerned, that would make having no Congress a problem.

This is really not a good situation.


There is no imminent danger to our republic. The nation was far more destabilized after the 2020 election.


Am I the only one of us who lived through 9/11?


Jan 6th was much more a threat vs 9/11


It’s not w competition between the two. The point is that an event like 9/11 happening now would be v. bad. If I know this, surely Putin does as well.


Putin doesn’t have the resources to pull off anything close to 9/11.


He bombed some apartment buildings, then blamed the bombings on Chechen terrorists to get elected. Reporters who inquired found themselves dead.


Putin will not do anything. It’s not like the US Government is not functioning. The military and security agencies are under the control of the president. If Putin attacked the US would respond against Russia and 3/4 of the republicans would rally round Putin.


+1. And it’s not like Putin is going to make a direct move against the US anyway. If he did, all of his Republican boosters would be forced to come out against him.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 09:03     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:How long can it take before there a gov shutdown?


The government doesn’t shut down over this. The House just can’t do any business before the Speaker is elected, which means Congress cannot pass any bills until the issue is resolved.


Let’s imagine for a minute the kinds of things that could happen, virtually instantly as far as outside observers are concerned, that would make having no Congress a problem.

This is really not a good situation.


There is no imminent danger to our republic. The nation was far more destabilized after the 2020 election.


Am I the only one of us who lived through 9/11?


Jan 6th was much more a threat vs 9/11


It’s not w competition between the two. The point is that an event like 9/11 happening now would be v. bad. If I know this, surely Putin does as well.


Putin doesn’t have the resources to pull off anything close to 9/11.


He bombed some apartment buildings, then blamed the bombings on Chechen terrorists to get elected. Reporters who inquired found themselves dead.


Putin will not do anything. It’s not like the US Government is not functioning. The military and security agencies are under the control of the president. If Putin attacked the US would respond against Russia and 3/4 of the republicans would rally round Putin.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 09:02     Subject: Re:Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:Hahahahahahaha


this is just EFFING HILARIOUS!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 08:56     Subject: Re:Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Hahahahahahaha
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2023 08:48     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:McCarthy now has the votes. he will be speaker tomorrow after the first vote


Source?


His a$$. McCarthy clearly doesn't have the votes. He was out there this morning with a harebrained idea that 11 of the 20 would vote for him and the other 9 would abstain from voting. He has no strategy and is just grasping at straws. His only path forward is a deal with Jeffries, or to drop out.


Jeffries would be an idiot to accept any deal. McCarthy can offer him anything he wants, but unless republicans agree to vote for a compromise rules package, it will just be democrats and McCarthy supporting it.