Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) said Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) will lose even more votes when a third vote is held on whether to make him the next speaker of the House. Jordan whiffed in his second attempt on Wednesday when he received one vote fewer than on the first ballot on Tuesday. He was more
Not without a speaker. The speaker is the one that brings things to the floor to be voted on. That’s why it has never happened before. Everyone understood the extreme consequences of not having a speaker.
They actually can’t. Afair they literally aren’t allowed to vote on anything substantive until they have a speaker. Of course, that suits most of the GOP just fine.
they’re still doing this bullshit? can’t they vote on something useful?
No, they can’t.
They’re the General Obstruction Party
Their entire purpose is to keep the government from doing anything useful
Not without a speaker. The speaker is the one that brings things to the floor to be voted on. That’s why it has never happened before. Everyone understood the extreme consequences of not having a speaker.
They actually can’t. Afair they literally aren’t allowed to vote on anything substantive until they have a speaker. Of course, that suits most of the GOP just fine.
That’s not necessarily true, but is the premise they’re currently operating under.
The truth is, it isn’t actually spelled out exactly what powers the interim speaker has
Yeah, as per the last update, he can preside over appointment of a real speaker, he can send everyone on vacation and he immediately appointed himself emperor of offices