Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?
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On the Democratic side:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/24/democrats-response-house-speaker-jeffries/
Rep. Ann Kuster (N.H.), chair of the New Democrat Coalition, said her group would back a bipartisan option, including a temporary speaker such as McHenry, with assurances that legislation backed by a majority of House members would get a vote. “
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... She said the bedrock request of New Democrats, who represent a large bloc of moderates, is that “bills with bipartisan support that would pass the House come to the floor.”
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Such legislation could include aid to Ukraine and government funding once current spending runs out in mid-November. ... -
@Axtremus said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/24/democrats-response-house-speaker-jeffries/
Rep. Ann Kuster (N.H.), chair of the New Democrat Coalition, said her group would back a bipartisan option, including a temporary speaker such as McHenry, with assurances that legislation backed by a majority of House members would get a vote. “
Presumably this means that the Speaker will no longer have the power to keep bills from hitting the floor.
I've always thought that to be a kind of silly rule, giving one person that power.
But, as usual, the devil's in the details.
Who will count the "majority" of House members?
Is this a permanent rule change, or only a temp solution to what's hopefully a temporary problem.
Like many proposed changes (see Harry Reid), it can come around to bite someone in the ass.
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By definition any rule they pass is temporary.
I assume they way they’d decide is through voting - vote to take a bill to the floor and then vote the bill.
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Imagine how much better off we’d be if that were a permanent rule in both chambers.
Basically that’s what the founders envisioned.
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Tom Emmer is the latest contestant in the game ‘who can unite 98.2% of the GOP caucus’.
DON’T let them eat cake.
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@jon-nyc said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
Tom Emmer is the latest contestant in the game ‘who can unite 98.2% of the GOP caucus’.
...and most likely 100% of the Democrats
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Seems like an opening bid. The dems would probably accept a deal whereby he agrees to take a handful of key measures to the floor.
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What’s your over/under on Emmer? I say he doesn’t last until Monday.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4272284-tom-emmer-wins-speaker-nomination-gop-third-try/
Emmers became the 3rd House GOP nominee for Speaker.
[Emmers] got 117 votes on the final ballot, while House Republican Conference Vice Chair Mike Johnson (R-La.) got 97. And in a roll call vote that followed, lawmakers said about 20 holdouts remained.
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@jon-nyc said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
Seems like an opening bid. The dems would probably accept a deal whereby he agrees to take a handful of key measures to the floor.
Yes, exactly
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@jon-nyc said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:
What’s your over/under on Emmer? I say he doesn’t last until Monday.
https://apnews.com/article/house-speaker-republicans-emmer-mccarthy-c7ddb6abf4c7322f9fc44fdaa07791fc
Emmers withdrew.
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