Great piece! Kind of random, but once it became clear that Democrats won 215 House seats, I started to wonder if they could band together with a few moderate GOP members to elevate Fitzpatrick or Bacon to the speakership. I get all the challenges in even trying that, but do you think it wasn't fully explored?
Is the deal concerning raising the Motion to Vacate threshold from one vote to nine votes still a part of the proposed rules package for next Congress?
If it is, Johnson can breathe a lot easier once he's sworn in. But I think that even with Vice President Trump’s endorsement (which President Musk immediately undercut by publicly trashing Johnson, and which Massie among others openly laughed at) that’s got to be one of the things the hardliners try to get dropped before they give him the Speaker's gavel again.
The party could always remove them with a resolution to vacate the speakership, and even if they didn't have the votes for that, the temporary Speaker would be presiding over a broken majority and have no ability to do anything.
Great piece! Kind of random, but once it became clear that Democrats won 215 House seats, I started to wonder if they could band together with a few moderate GOP members to elevate Fitzpatrick or Bacon to the speakership. I get all the challenges in even trying that, but do you think it wasn't fully explored?
Is the deal concerning raising the Motion to Vacate threshold from one vote to nine votes still a part of the proposed rules package for next Congress?
If it is, Johnson can breathe a lot easier once he's sworn in. But I think that even with Vice President Trump’s endorsement (which President Musk immediately undercut by publicly trashing Johnson, and which Massie among others openly laughed at) that’s got to be one of the things the hardliners try to get dropped before they give him the Speaker's gavel again.
Cabinet Rap Battle?
More like Congressional Thunder dome.
And I'm here for maximum drama.
*quietly hums the "You don't have the votes" bars from "Hamilton"*
Re a temporary speaker: is there anyone that is trusted enough that a promise to resign after the electoral vote count is finished would be believed?
The party could always remove them with a resolution to vacate the speakership, and even if they didn't have the votes for that, the temporary Speaker would be presiding over a broken majority and have no ability to do anything.