Biden could be removed any day but yes you are right the chances are slim a Speaker would ever be President. There are other security risks though, because with no speaker legislation is halted. https://www.npr.org/2023/10/09/1204...raine-ndaa-pepfar-pandemic-relief#:~:text=TEDBut think of the movie rights for the guy who “pulls it off”!
How exactly would Biden be removed?Biden could be removed any day but yes you are right the chances are slim a Speaker would ever be President. There are other security risks though, because with no speaker legislation is halted. https://www.npr.org/2023/10/09/1204...raine-ndaa-pepfar-pandemic-relief#:~:text=TED
The 25th Amendment if he is declared unfit for office. The insurance tables from social security show an 83 year old in the USA has an 8% chance of death so statistically, with all the stress it is possible. Is a 25th Amendment removal in Joe Biden’s future?How exactly would Biden be removed?
People, ultimately are mortal. That's why typically countries have backups for Vice President or Vice Prime minister.The 25th Amendment if he is declared unfit for office. The insurance tables from social security show an 83 year old in the USA has an 8% chance of death so statistically, with all the stress it is possible. Is a 25th Amendment removal in Joe Biden’s future?
Removing an incumbent President because they might die suddenly?The 25th Amendment if he is declared unfit for office. The insurance tables from social security show an 83 year old in the USA has an 8% chance of death so statistically, with all the stress it is possible. Is a 25th Amendment removal in Joe Biden’s future?
The 25th Amendment actually requires a Speaker to be invoked.The 25th Amendment if he is declared unfit for office. The insurance tables from social security show an 83 year old in the USA has an 8% chance of death so statistically, with all the stress it is possible. Is a 25th Amendment removal in Joe Biden’s future?
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said he’ll “support anyone who can get to 217 votes” and that Republicans have to come “together as a conference.”
Allow me to be the first to congratulate Speaker { }
The GOP is in a closed door meeting to try to hash things out today.
That’s it, I’m off of sausage for a good long while.GOP Rep. Max Miller says he won't be voting for Scalise on the floor
If Jim Jordan is also a no [see edit below], it doesn't take too many more to ensure this will take another ballot. We may look back at McCarthy's elevation as a fast-track in comparison to this one.
Gaetz says he's on board with Scalise.
The vote was 113 Scalise 99 Jordan
ETA:
[Jordan is telling people to vote for Scalise.]
More than a half-dozen Republicans said Wednesday they would vote for Jordan on the floor, while several others said they remained undecided on how they would vote, prompting Scalise to delay any floor action on the speakership.
Reps. Max Miller of Ohio, Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Lauren Boebert of Colorado all said they would vote for Jordan on the floor.
Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie tweeted shortly after the conference vote that he had told Scalise in person that “he doesn’t have my vote on the floor, because he has not articulated a viable plan for avoiding an omnibus.”
Meanwhile, Florida Rep. Carlos Gimenez [said he'd vote for] Kevin McCarthy
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I guess instead of the embarrassment of multiple rounds of voting, we'll have the embarrassment of the House being unable to do anything at all.
Who am I kidding? We may easily get both kinds of embarrassment before there's a new Speaker.
Could be a problem when you have the MAGA extreme contingent voting against anyone that isn't a Trump sycophant, isn't a troll of Liberals.“This is petty, and I’m getting freaking tired of it,” said Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, a New York Republican.
At least 12 GOP lawmakers have said publicly they’ll oppose Scalise’s nomination and more have expressed frustration or skepticism about his leadership, more than enough to sink his bid.
I suspect that may be the only way a Speaker gets elected; some Republicans seem to have no interest in voting for a Speaker that "RINOs" (at least they think some moderate Republicans are RINOs) could support.I wonder if the Democrats might be able to peel off some people from the Problem Solvers Caucus, make them live up to their name.
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