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So something we just realized here that we don't understand: why do the GOP keep holding all these Speaker votes? Surely they KNOW they're going to lose every one?
It's the same people voting against whatsisname every time. Are they being like "Oh, yeah, we'll vote for him this time if you hold another vote" and then "haha syke!"? But he wouldn't have fallen for that more than two or three times.
Is there some requirement that they hold a vote every 4 hours or something? #GOP #baffling
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@ceoln the house is required to take another vote each time it fails to elect a speaker, until someone is elected.
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@ceoln Here you go: there isn’t a mechanism to delay the roll call. Since this hasn’t happened for a century there hasn’t been much exercise of this rule.
“If no candidate receives the requisite majority, the roll call is repeated until a Speaker is elected”
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@nesmb
I love the fact that, since there aren't any rules in place at this point, "the election process is defined by precedent and practice rather than by any formal
rule."
How about the Democrats just say "look, we're tired of this, our guy has gotten the most votes every time, so he's Speaker now, and will start swearing in Members after lunch"? That would rock. :)
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@ceoln That’s a good question, I didn’t find it in here:
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-HPREC-PRECEDENTS-V1/pdf/GPO-HPREC-PRECEDENTS-V1.pdf