Good. And I will enjoy watching it.
Good. And I will enjoy watching it.
On Sunday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) insisted that Republicans are “close enough now that we can control the floor with a few Democrats joining us.”
That prospect is not as far-fetched as some think. Some Democrats broke with Pelosi in 2018, voting against her taking the helm on the House floor.
“To become speaker, you have to have 218 votes on the floor,” McCarthy explained. “When [Pelosi] went up for that vote two years ago, there were 15 Democrats who voted against her. Ten of those Democrats will be coming back to Congress. If those ten vote against her again, she will not be speaker of the House because she won’t have 218 because of the gains of the Republicans.”
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On Sunday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) insisted that Republicans are “close enough now that we can control the floor with a few Democrats joining us.”
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That prospect is not as far-fetched as some think. Some Democrats broke with Pelosi in 2018, voting against her taking the helm on the House floor.
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“To become speaker, you have to have 218 votes on the floor,” McCarthy explained. “When [Pelosi] went up for that vote two years ago, there were 15 Democrats who voted against her. Ten of those Democrats will be coming back to Congress. If those ten vote against her again, she will not be speaker of the House because she won’t have 218 because of the gains of the Republicans.”
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