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‘Are we screwed?’: Anguished House GOP seeks fourth speaker pick (www.politico.com)

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Highlights: Their third speaker pick in three weeks lasted barely four hours. Now, with their desperation on full display, Republicans are trying again.

The House GOP is convening Tuesday night for its fourth internal huddle of the day as it hears from yet another unwieldy field of candidates to lead its broken ranks. No one has demonstrated the ability to do what the three previous failed speaker hopefuls couldn’t: Unite enough Republicans to land 217 votes on the floor.

Two members of tonight’s five-man field have already run and lost. That includes Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.), the second highest vote-getter earlier Tuesday.

There’s little hope for relief among the bitterly divided GOP, where the fruitless search for a speaker has become so miserable that some members even floated a return to former Speaker Kevin McCarthy — with Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as an “assistant speaker.” (The idea has not been taken seriously inside the conference.)

[M]any Republicans fear they’ve reached the point where no candidate can get 217 votes on the floor.

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[-] uphillbothways@kbin.social 29 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Will the GOP have to expel the renegade caucus to function as a party? Tune in next week to find out, as the Dems take center stage in our new format: Plurality Rules!

[-] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 9 points 9 months ago

Do they actually have a mechanism for that? And given how much influence that group has on their party and their size in it's electorate, who would be expelling who?

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 17 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

There is a mechanism to expel any member of Congress, just needs a 2/3rd vote. So it would need cooperation from Democrats.

Plus the whole issue here is that there isn't a group of 217 who could govern, unless you include Democrats. Vote out the 8 Republicans who voted out McCarthy and suddenly Democrats have the majority.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

There is a mechanism to expel any member of Congress, just needs a 2/3rd vote. So it would need cooperation from Democrats.

I don't think the Democrats would mind giving a helping hand in such a case.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Short answer is, “yes”, they can expell them from their party. Party leadership isn’t exactly democratic. (Or not necessarily democratic. They could operate by council appointment instead.)

Longer answer is it’s irrelevant- you need a majority of the house to elect a speaker. Expelling them from the party does nothing to change that they too have a vote.

They’d have to have a vote on the floor to impeach and expell the from congress and incidentally, they have to have a speaker to do that

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 9 months ago

Couldn't they lost their majority if they starts expelling them?

[-] figaro@lemdro.id 1 points 9 months ago

Yes, which is why it won't happen

[-] sik0fewl@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

Now that would be interesting!

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