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« Reply #25 on: January 03, 2025, 01:54:03 pm »
Nonvoting Del. Stacey Plaskett protests that her votes and others don't count

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Stacey Plaskett, a nonvoting Democratic delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands, stood after the first roll-call vote to ask why delegates from the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia were not asked to vote for speaker.

Plaskett said that the delegates represent "collectively 4 million Americans" and added, "This body and this nation has a territory and a colonies problem," after the parliamentarian told her that delegates-elect were not eligible to vote for speaker.

"What should have been temporary has now effectively become permanent. We must do something about this," Plaskett said before the parliamentarian ceased to recognize her with time to speak.
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Re: Do or die for Johnson...[w/udates]
« Reply #26 on: January 03, 2025, 01:59:19 pm »
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Re: Do or die for Johnson...[w/udates]
« Reply #27 on: January 03, 2025, 02:00:52 pm »
   MTG is on the phone with Trump.
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Re: Do or die for Johnson...[w/udates]
« Reply #28 on: January 03, 2025, 02:15:29 pm »
216 Johnson

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Re: Do or die for Johnson...[w/udates]
« Reply #29 on: January 03, 2025, 02:16:07 pm »
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Re: Do or die for Johnson...[w/udates]
« Reply #30 on: January 03, 2025, 02:18:48 pm »
   Mike Johnson is in negotiations with the 2 holdouts; Keith Self (TX) and Ralph Norman (SC).  MTG is lobbying Massey.  Gavel has not banged on the first vote.  Johnson needs 2 of the 3.
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« Reply #31 on: January 03, 2025, 02:22:39 pm »
   I suspect Chip Roy will become Chairman of the House Rules Committee.
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Re: Do or die for Johnson...[w/udates]
« Reply #32 on: January 03, 2025, 02:25:15 pm »
Idiots.   *****rollingeyes*****
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« Reply #33 on: January 03, 2025, 02:27:13 pm »
Even when this gets sorted out, the new administration has ambitious plans that will die in the House.  A few nitwits will expect to be paid off every time, and their demands will be a poison pill to some other faction. 
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« Reply #34 on: January 03, 2025, 02:28:23 pm »
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Re: Do or die for Johnson...[w/udates]
« Reply #35 on: January 03, 2025, 02:30:31 pm »
   Johnson flipped Self and Norman's votes, it appears.
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Re: Do or die for Johnson...[w/udates]
« Reply #36 on: January 03, 2025, 02:33:05 pm »
Okay...Johnson is voted Speaker....two Repub's changed their votes  to get to 218
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« Reply #37 on: January 03, 2025, 02:33:23 pm »
   I was wrong in my estimation that it would take 4 voting cycles to elect a Speaker.
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Re: Do or die for Johnson...[w/udates]
« Reply #38 on: January 03, 2025, 02:42:36 pm »
Quote from: Elderberry on January 03, 2025, 01:54:03 pm
Nonvoting Del. Stacey Plaskett protests that her votes and others don't count

Alexandra Marquez

Stacey Plaskett, a nonvoting Democratic delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands, stood after the first roll-call vote to ask why delegates from the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia were not asked to vote for speaker.

Plaskett said that the delegates represent "collectively 4 million Americans" and added, "This body and this nation has a territory and a colonies problem," after the parliamentarian told her that delegates-elect were not eligible to vote for speaker.

"What should have been temporary has now effectively become permanent. We must do something about this," Plaskett said before the parliamentarian ceased to recognize her with time to speak.

No taxation without representation, no representation without taxation.

Territories do not pay federal income tax, therefore no special privileges for you Mz. Plaskett.
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Re: Do or die for Johnson...[w/udates]
« Reply #39 on: January 03, 2025, 02:43:30 pm »
So what has this accomplished?  Did this move the needle on anything?  Good grief.
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Re: Do or die for Johnson...[w/udates]
« Reply #40 on: January 03, 2025, 02:46:19 pm »
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Re: Do or die for Johnson...[w/udates]
« Reply #41 on: January 03, 2025, 02:46:31 pm »
Quote from: Lando Lincoln on January 03, 2025, 02:43:30 pm
So what has this accomplished?  Did this move the needle on anything?  Good grief.

Depends on whether the holdout side got concessions or not.
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« Reply #42 on: January 03, 2025, 02:55:46 pm »
   Chip Roy traded his vote for Johnson to become Chairman of the powerful House Rules Committee.
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Re: Do or die for Johnson...[w/udates]
« Reply #43 on: January 03, 2025, 03:00:30 pm »
Anyone see Nancy P. at the vote?
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« Reply #44 on: January 03, 2025, 03:00:52 pm »
   She was there
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Re: Do or die for Johnson...[w/udates]
« Reply #45 on: January 03, 2025, 03:26:16 pm »
By NBC News

What to know about the new Congress

•   Rep. Mike Johnson was elected as House speaker during the first round of ballots with a razor-thin margin of 218-215.
•   Three Republicans initially defected from Johnson: Reps. Ralph Norman of South Carolina, Keith Self of Texas and Thomas Massie of Kentucky. Norman and Self switched their votes to Johnson after briefly meeting with him.
•   Massie voted for Majority Whip Tom Emmer. Every House Democrat voted for Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.
•   With a slim majority in the House, Republicans may face some tough battles to pass legislation. Any dissent from within the caucus could doom a vote, while Democrats will be needed to pass most legislation in the Senate.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/live-blog/congress-first-day-2025-live-updates-rcna184508
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« Reply #46 on: January 03, 2025, 03:49:48 pm »
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Re: Do or die for Johnson...[w/udates]
« Reply #47 on: January 03, 2025, 03:51:29 pm »
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Democrats not only couldn’t stand, they don’t even applaud when Republican Speaker Johnson promises a secure border. 

Make no mistake. This election was the salvation of America, and had we lost it, she would be gone forever.

Do not trust the left for anything.

Ever.
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« Reply #48 on: January 03, 2025, 03:55:51 pm »
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« Reply #49 on: January 03, 2025, 04:04:35 pm »
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