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Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?

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  • jon-nycJ Offline
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    jon-nyc
    wrote on last edited by jon-nyc
    #153

    I think they’ll end up giving full speaker power to the pro-tem guy, without actually electing him speaker.

    It’s sort of like the budget, they can’t pass one, so they do ‘continuing resolutions’. Now they bring that concept to house leadership itself.

    Only non-witches get due process.

    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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    • AxtremusA Offline
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      #154

      McCarthy was close to and appointed that pro-tem guy, so it will be a lot like a continuance of McCarthy's speakership. And once given power, the pro-tem guy may have even freer rein to compromise with the Dems because he's not gunning for real Speakership and thus not as beholden to the moron caucus.

      Is ☝ too optimistic?

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      • jon-nycJ Offline
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        #155

        John Boehner received a vote in this last tally. Lol. That’s a great ‘fuck you’ to Jordan, recall Boehner once called Jordan a ‘legislative terrorist’.

        Only non-witches get due process.

        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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          #156

          Interesting piece about how limping along with McHenry might work, written by a former staffer to Speaker Boehner.

          https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/opinion/patrick-mchenry-interim-speaker-powers.html

          Only non-witches get due process.

          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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          • JollyJ Offline
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            Jolly
            wrote on last edited by Jolly
            #157

            I ain't skeered...

            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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            • George KG Offline
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              George K
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              #158

              Jordan gives up his effort - wants to enable McHenry to be Speaker Pro-tem.

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              • AxtremusA Offline
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                Axtremus
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                #159

                https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/patrick-mchenry-house-speaker-pro-tempore-threaten-quit-rcna121314

                The pro tempore guy Rep. McHenry is threatening to quit if the House GOP pressures him to move legislation without explicitly voting to expand the pro tempore's powers.

                I don't blame him. It would be chicken shit of the House GOP if they force the pro tempore to move legislation without having the courage to vote to give the pro tempore that power.

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                • George KG Offline
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                  George K
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #160

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                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  • jon-nycJ Offline
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                    jon-nyc
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #161

                    Jim Jordan gets the axe from his caucus.

                    Only non-witches get due process.

                    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                    • jon-nycJ Offline
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                      jon-nyc
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                      #162

                      There wasn’t even another name considered. Literally a majority of the conference just voted for him to drop out of the race.

                      Only non-witches get due process.

                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                      • RenaudaR Offline
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                        Renauda
                        wrote on last edited by Renauda
                        #163

                        Howard Cosell mode/

                        Down goes Jordan! Down goes Jordan!

                        /Howard Cosell mode

                        Elbows up!

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                        • jon-nycJ Offline
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                          jon-nyc
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                          #164

                          Best comment:

                          GOP Moderates to Jordan: Who's the squish now???

                          Only non-witches get due process.

                          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                            #165

                            LOL

                            Gaetz, who led the charge against McCarthy, blamed “the swamp” for Jordan’s defeat. “The most popular Republican in the United States Congress was just knifed by a secret ballot, in a private meeting, in the basement of the Capitol,” he told reporters. “It’s as swampy as swamp gets,

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                              George K
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                              #166

                              Screenshot 2023-10-20 at 9.15.51 PM.png

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              • jon-nycJ Offline
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                                jon-nyc
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #167

                                At this point, every outcome is as likely as any other,” former Rep. Peter Meijer, a Michigan Republican who’s considering a Senate bid, told The Dispatch on Friday. “Might as well just start throwing a 222-sided die and keep holding votes round and round until January 3, 2025.”

                                Only non-witches get due process.

                                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                                  LOL

                                  Gaetz, who led the charge against McCarthy, blamed “the swamp” for Jordan’s defeat. “The most popular Republican in the United States Congress was just knifed by a secret ballot, in a private meeting, in the basement of the Capitol,” he told reporters. “It’s as swampy as swamp gets,

                                  Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                                  Doctor Phibes
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                                  #168

                                  @taiwan_girl said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:

                                  LOL

                                  Gaetz, who led the charge against McCarthy, blamed “the swamp” for Jordan’s defeat. “The most popular Republican in the United States Congress was just knifed by a secret ballot, in a private meeting, in the basement of the Capitol,” he told reporters. “It’s as swampy as swamp gets,

                                  If that guy's the most popular Republican, imagine how hated the rest of them must be.

                                  I was only joking

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                                    George K
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #169

                                    IMG_0755.jpg

                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    • JollyJ Jolly

                                      I ain't skeered...

                                      jon-nycJ Offline
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                                      jon-nyc
                                      wrote on last edited by jon-nyc
                                      #170

                                      @Jolly said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:

                                      I ain't skeered...

                                      Perhaps but you’ve offered no opinion since the majority of the GOP conference told Jordan to fuck off already.

                                      What’s your response to yet another Trump pick losing? And not just in a general but among elected Republicans!?

                                      Only non-witches get due process.

                                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                        @Jolly said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:

                                        I ain't skeered...

                                        Perhaps but you’ve offered no opinion since the majority of the GOP conference told Jordan to fuck off already.

                                        What’s your response to yet another Trump pick losing? And not just in a general but among elected Republicans!?

                                        JollyJ Offline
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                                        Jolly
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #171

                                        @jon-nyc said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:

                                        @Jolly said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:

                                        I ain't skeered...

                                        Perhaps but you’ve offered no opinion since the majority of the GOP conference told Jordan to fuck off already.

                                        What’s your response to yet another Trump pick losing? And not just in a general but among elected Republicans!?

                                        Machts nix.

                                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                        • George KG Offline
                                          George KG Offline
                                          George K
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #172

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                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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