It looks as though McCarthy may have been a bit premature in moving into the Speaker's office. After three votes, he does not have the necessary votes with 20 Republicans voting against him. The House has adjourned until Noon tomorrow.
It looks as though McCarthy may have been a bit premature in moving into the Speaker's office. After three votes, he does not have the necessary votes with 20 Republicans voting against him. The House has adjourned until Noon tomorrow.
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke
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"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
It turns out Santos doesn't have a vote because he can't be sworn in until there is a Speaker. Damn the luck!
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke
Individual rights are protected only as long as they don't conflict with the desires of the state .
McCarthy>>>"Pop goes the Weasel"
"The only thing that we learn from torture is the depths of our own moral depravity"