The 117th Congress begins today - maybe

[George K]

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1345723588758921218.html

Scroll down to #21, LOL.

[Mik]

Fascinating. I'll be watching this starting at 2 PM.

[Copper]

I thought these guys had been vaccinated.

If so, why the worry about covid?

[George K]

They're not done voting, but geez...

[Mik]

It won't stay this way but I sure do like it.

[Loki]

@mik said in The 117th Congress begins today - maybe:

It won't stay this way but I sure do like it.

Yeah, the dems wait to the end make it dramatic. I’m sure there is a book on this topic alone. Nothing like a fake race.

[Mik]

AOC just voted for Pelosi.

[George K]

Pelosi has 213 of the 217 she needs.

[Mik]

who voted present and other?

[George K]

Pelosi elected with (ahem) 217 votes.

[Axtremus]

Congratulations to Speaker Pelosi.

[Mik]

But can she govern? I think she's going to have the same problems Ryan had, a party beset by fringes.

[George K]

@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.

[Mik]

Yes, and a very thin majority.

[George K]

@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".

[Axtremus]

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.

[Loki]

I’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.

[George K]

@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.

[Copper]

She seems kind of feeble to me, we could do better.

[George K]

So much for quarantine guidelines: