McCarthy out

[mtrycrafts]

When was that picture taken? Now what is online for him now, nor the image I remember him live in the last number of years.

Or, is that a fake image?

 

[Trell]

Popcorn time!

Ongoing roll call in the House and so far Jordan lost the first round, assuming all Democrats vote for Hakeem Jeffries.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/17/politics/track-house-speaker-vote-count-dg/index.html

 

[Dude#1279435]

Popcorn time!

Ongoing roll call in the House and so far Jordan lost the first round, assuming all Democrats vote for Hakeem Jeffries.

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https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/17/politics/track-house-speaker-vote-count-dg/index.html

Why is dem running against Jordan if the House is red? Guess I don't understand the house process.

 

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Why is dem running against Jordan if the House is red? Guess I don't understand the house process.

He happens to be the House Minority Leader

 

[Dude#1279435]

He happens to be the House Minority Leader

So now they're competing for majority?

 

[mtrycrafts]

Why is dem running against Jordan if the House is red? Guess I don't understand the house process.

It's like this.
Anyone can be nominated to be the "speaker of the house." Hakeem was nominated by someone in the house.
He received 212 votes but that is not enough to be a winner.
That position supposed to be non-partisan but when the majority is of the same party who won the speaker position, then it is hard not to be apolitical.

 

[Dude#1279435]

It's like this.
Anyone can be nominated to be the "speaker of the house." Hakeem was nominated by someone in the house.
He received 212 votes but that is not enough to be a winner.
That position supposed to be non-partisan but when the majority is of the same party who won the speaker position, then it is hard not to be apolitical.

That's rather odd to me, or I just don't understand. If the GOP has the House, shouldn't the majority speaker be a Republican?

 

[Dude#1279435]

Think I agree with Cheney on this. If the GOP elected Jordan than won't the GOP risk losing the House? The media is going to run OSU and Stop the Steal like wildfire.

 

[Dude#1279435]

I liked the one where the Republican said, That was 30 years ago! Regarding the OSU scandal. However, thats a difficult incident to recover from LOL.

 

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So now they're competing for majority?

Not unless someone in office leaves the Republican party or resigns from the House. The balance of the seats hasn't changed but if McCarthy backs out and a Democrat replaces him by special election, I guess they could thumb wrestle for it.

 

[Dude#1279435]

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Not unless someone in office leaves the Republican party or resigns from the House. The balance of the seats hasn't changed but if McCarthy backs out and a Democrat replaces him by special election, I guess they could thumb wrestle for it.

Seems to me it's you own the House and your trying to find a Republican for majority.

 

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Seems to me it's you own the House and your trying to find a Republican for majority.

They have the majority, they just need a leader. It's like trying to herd cats, at this point.

 

[Dude#1279435]

They have the majority, they just need a leader. It's like trying to herd cats, at this point.

Why was (D) Jeffries running against Jordan?

 

[cpp]

So now they're competing for majority?

Mo money is mo money ,

 

[Trell]

Why was (D) Jeffries running against Jordan?

Because the Democratic conference has chosen him to be their candidate for Speaker.

 

[Dude#1279435]

Because the Democratic conference has chosen him to be their candidate for Speaker.

The GOP has majority though. It should be settled by Republicans.

 

[Trell]

The GOP has majority though. It should be settled by Republicans.

The Speaker needs a simple majority of the votes cast on the House floor, that’s all, assuming there’s a quorum to begin with. Any vote cast as “present” is not counted and reduces the number of votes needed for a simple majority.

Why should the Democrats help elect a Republican Speaker unless they get some concessions? Especially someone like Jordan?

 

[highfigh]

Why was (D) Jeffries running against Jordan?

Don't know, didn't know it was possible for one side to run against the other when that side had the majority. Probably figured that it was worth a shot.

 

[Trell]

Popcorn time!

Ongoing roll call in the House and so far Jordan lost the first round, assuming all Democrats vote for Hakeem Jeffries.

View attachment 63820

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/17/politics/track-house-speaker-vote-count-dg/index.html

Jordan have lost the second ballot, unless Democrats starts voting for him or just say “present”. The question is: How many Republicans will vote “no”?

 

[Mikado463]

Why was (D) Jeffries running against Jordan?

was he the dipwad Democrat that pulled the fire alarm a few weeks back ?

Jordan, what a political POS ...........

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/17/politics/jim-jordan-2020-election-what-matters/index.html