The 117th Congress begins today - maybe
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wrote on 3 Jan 2021, 21:28 last edited by
Pelosi elected with (ahem) 217 votes.
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wrote on 3 Jan 2021, 21:29 last edited by
Congratulations to Speaker Pelosi.
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wrote on 3 Jan 2021, 21:38 last edited by
But can she govern? I think she's going to have the same problems Ryan had, a party beset by fringes.
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But can she govern? I think she's going to have the same problems Ryan had, a party beset by fringes.
wrote on 3 Jan 2021, 21:55 last edited by@mik said in The 117th Congress begins today - maybe:
But can she govern? I think she's going to have the same problems Ryan had, a party beset by fringes.
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wrote on 3 Jan 2021, 21:58 last edited by
Yes, and a very thin majority.
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wrote on 3 Jan 2021, 22:00 last edited by
@mik said in The 117th Congress begins today - maybe:
who voted present and other?
(Wikipedia)
Representatives voting for someone other than their party's speaker nominee were:
■ Jared Golden, who voted for Tammy Duckworth, who was not a member of the House at the time;
■ Conor Lamb, who voted for Hakeem Jeffries;
■ Mikie Sherrill, Abigail Spanberger, and Elissa Slotkin, who voted "Present". -
wrote on 3 Jan 2021, 22:06 last edited by
Pelosi, now 80 years old, also breaks the record for being the oldest person elected into the Speaker position. The previous record holder was Sam Rayburn from Texas, who was 78 years old at the time.
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Pelosi, now 80 years old, also breaks the record for being the oldest person elected into the Speaker position. The previous record holder was Sam Rayburn from Texas, who was 78 years old at the time.
wrote on 3 Jan 2021, 22:09 last edited byI’m no fan at all and her willingness to impeach was unconscionable but I would acknowledge she is very effective and it was smart to make sure she won again.
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Pelosi, now 80 years old, also breaks the record for being the oldest person elected into the Speaker position. The previous record holder was Sam Rayburn from Texas, who was 78 years old at the time.
wrote on 3 Jan 2021, 22:09 last edited by@axtremus said in The 117th Congress begins today - maybe:
Pelosi, now 80 years old, also breaks the record for being the oldest person elected into the Speaker position. The previous record holder was Sam Rayburn from Texas, who was 78 years old at the time.
Democrats are breaking all kinds of records for installing geezers into office!
BTW: Boehner was elected with a similar slim vote.
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wrote on 4 Jan 2021, 01:11 last edited by
She seems kind of feeble to me, we could do better.
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wrote on 4 Jan 2021, 02:13 last edited by George K 1 Apr 2021, 02:14
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wrote on 4 Jan 2021, 18:20 last edited by
Another
worthy moment:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/02/new-congress-live-updates/
7:00 PM
Rep. Chip Roy forces vote on seating House members from 6 battleground states where Trump falsely claimed vote was rigged
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex.) objected to the swearing-in of House members from the six battleground states where Trump has falsely claimed that the vote was rigged, forcing the House to vote on whether the lawmakers who shared the ballot with the president and won their races should take the oath.
Roy, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, opposes efforts by several House Republicans to object to Biden’s win when Congress counts the electoral college vote on Wednesday. In a statement earlier Sunday, he and several other Republicans argued that states determine the results of their elections, not Congress.
Roy objected to seating the House delegations from Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, leading to a vote on authorizing the speaker to swear in members.
“It would confound reason if the presidential results of these states were to face objection while the congressional results of the same process escaped public scrutiny,” Roy said in a statement.
With his move, Roy ensured that Republicans who vowed to challenge Biden’s win will be on record certifying the election results in their own races in the six states, an acknowledgment that the elections were legitimate along with Biden’s wins.
The vote to authorize the speaker to swear in new members was 371 to 2. -
wrote on 4 Jan 2021, 18:29 last edited by
@mik said in The 117th Congress begins today - maybe:
Yes, and a very thin majority.
Until the 118th Congress.