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What exactly happens here if the impossible happens and Jeffries wins it? There's never been a minority party Speaker of the House before, has there?
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DancingMachine posted:The Constitution is shockingly brief and ambiguous on who can be speaker. I would interpret this passage to imply that it must be a member of the House, but it seems to be commonly accepted that anyone (any citizen?) can be speaker, and many non-members have received votes in the past. What I am getting from this is that Speaker Trump is a lock, and I should dump all in on Predictit?
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Jan 4, 2023 01:23
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Imagine "when he's right, he's right"-ing about somebody comparing you to the Taliban lol
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Piell posted:Now doing vote 5 Just like me and this thread
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Jan 4, 2023 19:46
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And I thought election night was a hilarious shitshow of republicans tearing themselves apart. They've lost complete control of their electoral base and their own party! Everybody says the republicans are the ones who always fall into lockstep when it comes to voting and look at where it's gotten them!
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Jan 4, 2023 20:00
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Ringo Star Get posted:I just think it’s funny as all hell as they vote and of course McCarthy doesn’t make it, so then they run another right after it? Are they just expecting it to be like some sort of broken computer that if you keep rebooting it, it might work? https://twitter.com/deepleffen/status/1441442404159139840?lang=en
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Jan 4, 2023 21:02
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Holy poo poo the response to that popcorn jab
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Jan 4, 2023 21:24
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Whoaaa a 201-212-20-1 vote who could have seen THAT coming?
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Jan 4, 2023 22:21
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Any democratic congressman reading this, and I know you are, PLEASE do not let them adjourn. Please squeeze every drop of blood and tears out of McCarthy you can. Please.
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Jan 4, 2023 22:24
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And we're adjourned. Thanks a lot Goon Congressman < >
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Jan 4, 2023 22:35
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:the only one who could be a goon is Frost but that would entail someone from Gen Z on this website. It's Fetterman and he has a 2002 regdate
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Jan 4, 2023 22:40
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If we get past ten votes they need to start handing out actual whips
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Jan 4, 2023 22:59
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If the Dungeon of Representatives is what it takes to get a functioning government I'll take it as long as I never have to watch C-SPAN again
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Jan 4, 2023 23:03
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So is this one going to be an actual vote or just another thing where one side can conveniently be ignored even though they were audibly louder?
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Jan 5, 2023 02:10
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We need Trump's tweets now more than ever
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Jan 5, 2023 02:27
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Feels Villeneuve posted:the ones texas uses.... now thats the good poo poo The keyhole is what sells this one. You know that every member has a key and if they all use them at the same time they arm the Texas Defense System (giant robot cowboy?)
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Jan 5, 2023 18:43
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We all knew Speaker Trump was inevitable. Look into your heart.
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Jan 5, 2023 18:48
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smoobles posted:It's still funny after 7 times ahahaha The guy going "Hakeeeeem Jeffries!" again is less so.
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To be clear it would take only two republicans to lock this up indefinitely, right? If this boils down to, say, Gaetz and Boebert voting TRUMP! over and over no matter what they're promised, the game is up?
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Jan 5, 2023 18:56
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From everything I've seen it's no house. They literally can't do anything without a Speaker. Every single thing presupposes there is a Speaker. They aren't even getting paid for this because they can't pass the bill that confirms their own paychecks e: ninjahedgehog posted:No the magic number here is 5 Chuck Bartowski posted:The magic number in this case is five. So as long as Gaetz and Boebert have three other friends willing to vote against McCarthy, then yes this could go on for a while. My counting skills leave much to be desired  But my point still stands: the Donalds faction needs a comically small amount of congresspeople to gently caress this congress indefinitely! They can afford to lose SO many representatives on this!
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Actually it is super loving hilarious that thanks to Gaetz Trump is now a popular vote loser for Presidency AND for Congress. We just need Trump to fail at being appointed a Supreme Court justice
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I swear to God if they adjourn again...
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Jan 5, 2023 19:30
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This is incredible how much longer until we get outright tears on the floor
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Jan 5, 2023 21:47
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"Hi daddy! HELLOOOOO!" 
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Jan 5, 2023 22:40
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I want a Chaos Confetti congress where a representative has to be ripped up to shreds for session to begin.
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Jan 5, 2023 22:53
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Who the hell was giving Boebert the business there?
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Jan 5, 2023 23:07
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Bringing a baby to these things is just straight up cruel for everybody involved, especially the baby
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Jan 5, 2023 23:22
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Randalor posted:I... uh... I think that's McCarthy. There are definitely multiple children in the chambers
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Jan 5, 2023 23:24
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Clapping for the representatives voting for themselves is literally reddit "and everybody clapped" poo poo
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TRUMMMMMP
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BDawg posted:You know what they say, if at first you don’t succeed… Try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try again?
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Gaetz nominating Trump just so he can be a double-loser in one day is lol beyond lol, there are few words for these levels of lol 
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Jan 6, 2023 00:58
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Hakeem Jeffries of YOSPOS
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Jan 6, 2023 01:33
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God the laughter when she said Trump got one
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Jan 6, 2023 01:50
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ADJOURNMENT SHOT DOWN LET'S GO e; Oh no they're actually voting
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Jan 6, 2023 01:51
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And they're adjourned booo 
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Skippy McPants posted:Being one of the earlier modern democracies, we didn't have as many examples to look to when it came to closing stupid little cracks in our foundation, so a pretty astounding amount of our government relies on "civic tradition" to function. And the rock-hard fetish both sides of the government have for that foundation ensures that no significant change will ever happen! 
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Jan 6, 2023 02:40
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McCarthy actively LOSING votes as time goes on ahahahaha this is it everybody, the American government ends here, not with a bang but a motion to adjourn. It was a fun experiment
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The year is 3028. Supplicants walk into the hallowed hall and take their places. In turn, each member shouts "Jeffries!" or "McCarthy!" A selected few are permitted to shout "Trimp!" When the ritual is complete, after many long hours, they adjourn. No understanding of why this ritual is performed remains.
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