YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldBanned to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agoMegapost: U.S. Speaker of the House Sagalemmy.worldimagemessage-square176linkfedilinkarrow-up1308arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1299arrow-down1imageMegapost: U.S. Speaker of the House Sagalemmy.worldYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldBanned to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square176linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenorthendtrooper@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoWhat happens if he is vacated as the speaker?
minus-squaresnipgan@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up18·2 years agoThey keep voting till there’s another speaker. EVEN IF IT TAKES DAYS OR WEEKS OR LONGER!
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 years agoBackdoor government shutdown. Don’t elect a Speaker for 45 days and fail to pass another CR.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 years agoContinuing resolution. Basically “whatever the last budget was.”
minus-squarecfi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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-up10·2 years agoCould we be in for the funniest week for our lives since the Suez Canal got blocked?
minus-squareassassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoHow many votes will it be this time you think?
minus-squareargo_yamato@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoI think the record is two months back in the 1850’s
minus-squareNegativeNull@lemm.ee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years 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?
I think the record is two months back in the 1850’s
A new speaker will have to be elected.