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minus-squarenorthendtrooper@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoWhat happens if he is vacated as the speaker?
minus-squaresnipgan@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 year agoThey keep voting till there’s another speaker. EVEN IF IT TAKES DAYS OR WEEKS OR LONGER!
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 year agoBackdoor government shutdown. Don’t elect a Speaker for 45 days and fail to pass another CR.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoContinuing resolution. Basically “whatever the last budget was.”
minus-squarecfi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThey can’t pass a Continuing Resolution. Until they have a Speaker, the only business they can conduct is electing a new Speaker
minus-squarekandoh@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoCould we be in for the funniest week for our lives since the Suez Canal got blocked?
minus-squareassassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoHow many votes will it be this time you think?
minus-squareargo_yamato@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoI think the record is two months back in the 1850’s
minus-squareNegativeNull@lemm.ee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoA new speaker will have to be elected.
What happens if he is vacated as the speaker?
They keep voting till there’s another speaker. EVEN IF IT TAKES DAYS OR WEEKS OR LONGER!
Backdoor government shutdown. Don’t elect a Speaker for 45 days and fail to pass another CR.
A CR being…?
Continuing resolution. Basically “whatever the last budget was.”
They can’t pass a Continuing Resolution. Until they have a Speaker, the only business they can conduct is electing a new Speaker
Could we be in for the funniest week for our lives since the Suez Canal got blocked?
How many votes will it be this time you think?
Minimum 20.
I think the record is two months back in the 1850’s
A new speaker will have to be elected.