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    There’s a lot of doubt that Kevin McCarthy will be able to get enough votes to become Speaker. It certainly won’t happen on the first ballot. Already Boboert and MTG are publicly at odds over it.

    Maybe this is worth it’s own thread to watch. One person mentioned is Scalise.

     
    I wonder if the Dems have given any thought to either sitting out the next House Speaker vote or just voting present and allow Emmer to become Speaker without any type of deal? :unsure:

    It would accomplish several things: 1.) Allow a more moderate Republican to become Speaker and deliver a blow to the MAGA Republicans thereby reducing their power. 2.) Wouldn't change the House rule that allows only 1 member to call for a vote to vacate the Speaker. So if Emmer screws the Democrats over, they can just vote Yes on one of the MAGA challenges and have him thrown out. 3.) Allow Emmer to claim that he made no deal with the Democrats, so it wouldn't be an anchor on him. 4.) Probably get a reasonable funding bill passed with Democrat support.

    I think it's worth considering.
     
    Somehow I am very happy that we have 11 different parties in our parliment. There is always some way to connect that puzzle... Sometimes - righ or left but mostly across the center.

    And yes we do have some far rigth as well as some far left, but their power is minimal due to there being so many different ways to combine the votes to reach a majority
     
    MT15 said:
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    October 24, 2023 - Rep. Mike Johnson selected as next speaker nominee | CNN Politics

    House Republicans selected Rep. Mike Johnson as their next speaker nominee in a secret-ballot vote Tuesday night after Rep. Tom Emmer dropped out of the race earlier in the day — just hours after he was selected as the GOP’s third nominee.
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    Who CAN be the Speaker?

    Majority Leader - NO!
    Majority Whip - NO!
    Majority Insurrectionist - HELL NO!
    Who's next???
     
    WASHINGTON — Just hours after beating out a crowded field to win the GOP nomination for speaker, Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., on Tuesday dropped his bid after it became clear he could not win the 217 votes needed on the floor.

    Emmer, the No. 3 Republican in leadership and the GOP’s chief vote counter, told GOP colleagues in a closed-door meeting Tuesday afternoon that he couldn't continue his bid for speaker, sources in the room said.

    His decision came after he huddled with several of his detractors, who made clear to him they would not, under any circumstance, support him in a floor vote.

    Emmer is the third straight GOP nominee to drop his bid for speaker, underscoring the chaos and dysfunction roiling the Republican party.

    Just four hours earlier, Emmer and his allies were celebrating winning the nomination in a hard-fought race. He defeated GOP Conference Vice Chair Mike Johnson, R-La., in the fifth and final round of internal voting. The vote was 117 to 97, with five Republicans voting for other candidates, lawmakers said.

    But Emmer's victory was met with swift and vocal opposition from former President Donald Trump and his conservative allies in Congress.

    More than two dozen Republicans indicated in a private roll-call vote that they would not back Emmer's nomination on the House floor. And Trump, who had stayed on the sidelines during this round of selecting a new nominee, issued a scathing statement on Truth Social bashing Emmer as a Republican in name only.

    "I have many wonderful friends wanting to be Speaker of the House, and some are truly great Warriors. RINO Tom Emmer, who I do not know well, is not one of them," Trump said. "He never respected the power of a Trump Endorsement, or the breadth and scope of MAGA — MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

    Emmer’s nomination and rapid exit comes exactly three weeks after California Republican Kevin McCarthy was ousted from the speaker’s office — the first time in history a sitting speaker had been removed. The majority whip told colleagues he wanted to secure the needed 217 GOP votes first before going to the floor, lawmakers said, and he stayed for hours after the vote addressing concerns from his staunchest critics.

    But like the party’s previous two nominees — Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio — Emmer appeared nowhere close to having the votes needed to win the gavel.

    “It’s either third time’s a charm or three strikes you’re out!” Rep. Marc Molinaro, R-N.Y., said of the situation.

    Immediately after Emmer's victory, House Republicans took a separate roll call to see if 217 members were willing to back him on the floor. More than two dozen voted "present" or for someone else, multiple lawmakers said; many of the anti-Emmer votes were cast for either Jordan or Johnson, said lawmakers who kept a list of the detractors.

    "It should not be surprising to anyone that there is nobody in that room that is going to be able to get 217 votes as we speak," Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., told reporters............

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    Optimus Prime said:
    WASHINGTON — Just hours after beating out a crowded field to win the GOP nomination for speaker, Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., on Tuesday dropped his bid after it became clear he could not win the 217 votes needed on the floor.

    Emmer, the No. 3 Republican in leadership and the GOP’s chief vote counter, told GOP colleagues in a closed-door meeting Tuesday afternoon that he couldn't continue his bid for speaker, sources in the room said.

    His decision came after he huddled with several of his detractors, who made clear to him they would not, under any circumstance, support him in a floor vote.

    Emmer is the third straight GOP nominee to drop his bid for speaker, underscoring the chaos and dysfunction roiling the Republican party.

    Just four hours earlier, Emmer and his allies were celebrating winning the nomination in a hard-fought race. He defeated GOP Conference Vice Chair Mike Johnson, R-La., in the fifth and final round of internal voting. The vote was 117 to 97, with five Republicans voting for other candidates, lawmakers said.

    But Emmer's victory was met with swift and vocal opposition from former President Donald Trump and his conservative allies in Congress.

    More than two dozen Republicans indicated in a private roll-call vote that they would not back Emmer's nomination on the House floor. And Trump, who had stayed on the sidelines during this round of selecting a new nominee, issued a scathing statement on Truth Social bashing Emmer as a Republican in name only.

    "I have many wonderful friends wanting to be Speaker of the House, and some are truly great Warriors. RINO Tom Emmer, who I do not know well, is not one of them," Trump said. "He never respected the power of a Trump Endorsement, or the breadth and scope of MAGA — MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

    Emmer’s nomination and rapid exit comes exactly three weeks after California Republican Kevin McCarthy was ousted from the speaker’s office — the first time in history a sitting speaker had been removed. The majority whip told colleagues he wanted to secure the needed 217 GOP votes first before going to the floor, lawmakers said, and he stayed for hours after the vote addressing concerns from his staunchest critics.

    But like the party’s previous two nominees — Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio — Emmer appeared nowhere close to having the votes needed to win the gavel.

    “It’s either third time’s a charm or three strikes you’re out!” Rep. Marc Molinaro, R-N.Y., said of the situation.

    Immediately after Emmer's victory, House Republicans took a separate roll call to see if 217 members were willing to back him on the floor. More than two dozen voted "present" or for someone else, multiple lawmakers said; many of the anti-Emmer votes were cast for either Jordan or Johnson, said lawmakers who kept a list of the detractors.

    "It should not be surprising to anyone that there is nobody in that room that is going to be able to get 217 votes as we speak," Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., told reporters............

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    I think Emmer might’ve gotten some support from Democrats if he had reached out.
     
    Lapaz said:
    I think Emmer might’ve gotten some support from Democrats if he had reached out.
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    Yeah, and he would have lost all of his Republican support in doing so. Just not a tenable situation for him to do that. The only way this works is if the Democrats work something behind the scenes.
     

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