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Pototan

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14. The link is ambiguous at best

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #13)

Tue Dec 31, 2024, 07:15 AM

Dec 31

But what's for sure, neither you nor I know exactly what the outcome is without a speaker.

“The country would be going into one big gray area,” Steve Smith, a professor of political science and global studies at Arizona State University, said about a speaker fight extending into Jan. 6. “The one precedent that is clear and could help determine what happens is at the start of a new Congress, the election of the speaker is the first thing the House does.”

“Nothing else happens until the speaker is elected. It’s been that way since 1789 when the first Congress convened,” Smith said. “Now, that worked just fine for the first Congress. But that could prove problematic here.”

https://rollcall.com/2024/12/24/protracted-gop-speaker-fight-could-complicate-electoral-college-count/

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Pototan Polybius

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Mike Johnson holdouts persist after Trump endorsement [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 30 OP

Musk disapproves..... Lovie777 Dec 30 #1

Only because "he" wants no problems certifying the election. Grins Dec 30 #2

But the SOH doesn't "certify" anything BumRushDaShow Dec 30 #3

The point is that the House can't Pototan Dec 30 #6

That's what I thought Polybius Dec 30 #7

Did you forget what happened the last time? BumRushDaShow Dec 31 #9

That has nothing to do with my post Polybius Dec 31 #20

But there was NO speaker on January 3rd, 2021 BumRushDaShow Dec 31 #21

Ahh, didn't know that Polybius Dec 31 #22

Oh there were people who protested Pelosi in Jan. 2019 after the 2018 election BumRushDaShow Dec 31 #24

Thank you for all the great info Polybius Jan 1 #25

Thank you! Forgot about Bobo BumRushDaShow Jan 1 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author Polybius Dec 31 #23

There was. Pelosi was Speaker. Grins Jan 8 #28

The House was "doing (limited) business" BumRushDaShow Dec 31 #8

That's a different set of circumstances Pototan Dec 31 #10

It's not "different" BumRushDaShow Dec 31 #11

I'm sorry. You're mistaken Pototan Dec 31 #12

I'm waiting for you link to something that justifies your assertions BumRushDaShow Dec 31 #13

The link is ambiguous at best Pototan Dec 31 #14

And I keep "Roll Call" (that also publishes the Congressional Quarterly) BumRushDaShow Dec 31 #15

The experts do not have only one way Pototan Dec 31 #16

Directly from the article that you linked of "Roll Call" BumRushDaShow Dec 31 #17

Look, I'm sorry, but Pototan Dec 31 #18

I know where you are BumRushDaShow Dec 31 #19

I hope they eat each other alive. Raw. Ewww. Evolve Dammit Dec 30 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Terry_M Dec 30 #5

As weird as this has become. 1/3 of the government depend on Massie and Chip Roy underpants Jan 1 #26