YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 months agoMegapost: U.S. Speaker of the House Sagalemmy.worldimagemessage-square154fedilinkarrow-up1279arrow-down18file-text
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minus-squarenorthendtrooper@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months agoWhat happens if he is vacated as the speaker?
minus-squaresnipgan@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up21·11 months agoThey keep voting till there’s another speaker. EVEN IF IT TAKES DAYS OR WEEKS OR LONGER!
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up20·11 months agoBackdoor government shutdown. Don’t elect a Speaker for 45 days and fail to pass another CR.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·11 months agoContinuing resolution. Basically “whatever the last budget was.”
minus-squarecfi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoThey can’t pass a Continuing Resolution. Until they have a Speaker, the only business they can conduct is electing a new Speaker
minus-squarekandoh@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·11 months agoCould we be in for the funniest week for our lives since the Suez Canal got blocked?
minus-squareassassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoHow many votes will it be this time you think?
minus-squareargo_yamato@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoI think the record is two months back in the 1850’s
minus-squareNegativeNull@lemm.ee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoA new speaker will have to be elected.
What happens if he is vacated as the speaker?
They keep voting till there’s another speaker. EVEN IF IT TAKES DAYS OR WEEKS OR LONGER!
Backdoor government shutdown. Don’t elect a Speaker for 45 days and fail to pass another CR.
A CR being…?
Continuing resolution. Basically “whatever the last budget was.”
They can’t pass a Continuing Resolution. Until they have a Speaker, the only business they can conduct is electing a new Speaker
Could we be in for the funniest week for our lives since the Suez Canal got blocked?
How many votes will it be this time you think?
Minimum 20.
I think the record is two months back in the 1850’s
A new speaker will have to be elected.