#Speaker of the House of Representatives

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President Tinubu Confers GCON On House Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas

President Tinubu Confers GCON On House Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred the nation’s second highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, on the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas. In his 64th Independence Anniversary Speech on 1 October, President Tinubu conferred the Commander of the Federal Republic( CFR) on the…

[dozenhost]

We've ensured inclusive, participatory House in one year – Speaker Abbas

The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D, has stated that the 10th House under his leadership has ensured an inclusive and participatory legislature in the past one year. The Speaker also noted that the House has been implementing its Legislative Agenda, which it introduced in October, 2023. Speaker Abbas spoke on Wednesday at the National Assembly when he…

[shamballalin]

The USA Has the Separation of Church and State ~ Let Us Not Revert to Male Chauvinism ~ Nor One Brand of Religious Belief Over Another in the Halls of USA Government

Combining Church and State in state and federal regulations and as the Speaker of the House of Representatives is not what our Forefathers set up for the United States of America. Freedom is freedom, not censorship, nor male domination. It is time to pull off the systemic racism bandage covering the infected national wound masking as a difference of opinion. Blaming religion and religion’s…

[dadsinsuits]

Sam Rayburn

[charlesoberonn]

Congrats to Kevin McCarthy for going from "worst speaker of the house in US history" to "not even the worst speaker of 2023"

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[deadpresidents]

Just to point out that while George Santos was finally expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives after being charged with 23 felony crimes, committing astounding levels of fraud, and fabricating absolutely stupid amounts of his background, it still required the heavy-lifting of Democratic members to close the deal, and a majority of Republicans voted to allow him to remain.

House Speaker Mike Johnson -- who was unanimously elected as the Republican leader of the House by GOP members in October -- continued to demonstrate his moral leadership by voting to let Santos hold on to his seat in Congress.

[tomorrowusa]

While House Republicans all publicly display fealty to Donald Trump to some degree, the situation just beneath the surface is more complex.

Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN-05) will still be a GOP House member, but she is taking the radical step of refusing committee assignments and boycotting House Republican Caucus meetings.

Rep. Victoria Spartz announced Monday that she is opting out from serving on committees next year and will boycott the House GOP conference meetings, a rare move given she also stated her intention to remain a Republican. “I will stay as a registered Republican but will not sit on committees or participate in the caucus until I see that Republican leadership in Congress is governing. I do not need to be involved in circuses,” Spartz wrote on X. The decision to step down confused some Republicans, but others suspected the move had something to do with the House GOP Steering Committee not giving her a coveted post on the House Ways and Means Committee, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.

With Republicans down to a 5-seat majority in the House, every member who deviates from strict adherence to the caucus is a new headache for the GOP leadership.

A House Speaker needs 218 votes to get elected. Several Republican House members have already said they would not vote for Mike Johnson. In early January, the House will be quite a spectacle.

[dalibansleeperagent]

Guys I think my country is cooked, is there a new update available? It's not working like it used to...

[gwydionmisha]

Asshole soaked up the good press for not doing it, then did it quietly, hoping no one would notice.

[saywhat-politics]

In true faux news fashion, anchor Brian Kilmeade broke the "bad news" that Republican Congressman Bob Good would not be voting for Speaker Mike Johnson. Except, er, Bob Good is not a Congressman and will not be voting.

Good thing the honorable Rep. Gym Jordan — known for usually keeping his mouth shut in sticky situations — was on the set to school the Fox host. "Well, remember, Brian, Bob Good has left. Maybe there is some other name," the former assistant coach offered.

To which the Foxbot, staring hard at his notes, asked, "Can we check that?"

But no checking was needed. "Bob Good lost that close primary back in that Virginia seat. John McGuire is the new member there…John will be voting for Mike Johnson for speaker," Jordan delicately, if not a bit nervously, explained. "So I think it's still just Thomas Massie who indicated he won't support the speaker. But I'm hopeful that everyone else will."

"All right. Good point," Kilmeade responded, as if points and facts are interchangeable (which I guess, on Fox, they are). "He's not there anymore so I shouldn't've brought that up. My bad." (See video below, posted by Aaron Rupar.)

[grumpycakes]

Speaker of the House Vote 2025 SHORT VERSION

Yes I swear this is the short version I'm sorry True TLDR Johnson wins but 8 people showed off they could really fuck the party over if they wanted

**JUMP TO 'THE VOTE' IF NO EXPLANATION OF PROCESS IS NEEDED**

U.S. Congress has two groups. Senate (2 reps per state) & the House of Representatives (certain amount of reps by population of state - not exactly balanced as there are caps)

Every two years there are elections for new Senators and Reps (your state rules and terms may vary). Every two years there's a "new" group of Senators and or Reps

Per the constitution - when there is a "new" group of Reps/Senators they have to elect (or reelect) the Speaker of their group (the lead person)

Nothing can happen, not even the elected members getting sworn in as congressmen, until the groups have a leader

Both groups could easily have issues electing a leader but

The Senate has not had much issue

The House in 2023 had the absolute disaster of 15 rounds of voting (the most ever done to approve the speaker)

Many of the reps that had issues were reported to be dissatisfied with the current guy, Mike Johnson,

Johnson was elected to replace McCarthy (guy who had to go through 15 votes) when Gaetz (reelected but not here as he resigned to avoid being outed as a criminal from an internal investigation that was released anyway) moved to revote and he got booted.

Johnson has publicly stated he would not negotiate with far right Republican Representatives

Voting is simple and complicated

There should be 435 members (as of now - there have been less, there could be more if we approve states having more reps)

You only need more than half the votes - even just by ONE VOTE

218 is the current amount of votes necessary to win

More than 217 members of a party is considered the Majority

If people don't vote, aren't there, or vote "Present" the overall number to get elected can drop (2 people not voting/present drop the overall needed by 1)

If the needed drops low enough and the opposing party is all voting for their leader, the other party could win (career suicide and unhelpful to what you want to get done)

The current makeup is 219 Repuplicans and 215 Democrats (we are one short of 435 cause of that Gaetz asshole)

THE VOTE

Unless specified, Republicans voted for Mike Johnson. All Democrats voted for Hakeem Jeffries.

Biggs of Arizona - Did not respond when called

Cloud - Did not respond when called

Clyde - Did not respond when called

Gosar - Did not respond when called

Harris of Maryland - Did not respond when Called

Massey - Voted for Tom Emmer (Republican Whip) **Had outright said he would not vote for Johnson

Norman - Voted for Jim Jordan *This would ensure Johnson lost*

Self - Voted for Byron Donalds

Walz - Did not respond when called

HAD THIS NOT CHANGED - - 6 Not responding would drop the needed votes to 215 - Dems would win for Jeffries with 215 and Johnson at 210.

They call names at the end of those who did not initially vote to ensure the person wasn't just in the bathroom or something.

ALL SIX REPUBLICANS WHO DID NOT RESPOND switched their votes to Johnson when called again (although it sounded like Gosar and Clyde weren't going to)

BECAUSE the six changed their votes to Johnson

The winning number is still 218

neither Jeffries (215 votes) nor Johnson (216 votes) can win

If nothing changes, a second round of voting would have to happen

After the call and recall rounds, they count the votes - aka give people time to come up and ask the talliers to change their vote if they had "voted in error". This means you see people who voted against the leader get swarmed and talked to by other Representatives (Either threatening or offering deals to get the dissenting Rep to switch their vote.)

Massey is unmoved

Norman and Self however talk with Johnson and other reps and ALL LEAVE THE ROOM for some time.

They return to the room, and although all votes are technically in, no one has announced the end of voting or given a final tally.

They allow Norman and Self to change their votes to Johnson

Johnson wins with 218 Votes

Weirdness

It has been alleged that the people who didn't intially vote were doing so on purpose to show they have power

Norman and Self definitely got SOMETHING out of whatever meeting they had - though we do not know what

Seems they learned from 2023 and didn't call the vote over on purpose to try and keep it to one round of voting

TECHNICALLY got the vote in the first round of voting but don't let the Republicans fool you, they still have massive issues with the zealous outliers of their group

[wardsutton]

My Cartoon for the Los Angeles Times.

[dadsinsuits]

John Boehner

[thashining]

GOP Gets BAD NEWS in House…Member QUITS CAUCUS

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[Image ID: There are three images. The first one is similar to a title card and shows a screenshot froom the show supernatural. Dean and Castiel stand facing each other. The screenshot is faded and superimposed with a blue background from a news show. In the front is a logo which says 'Destiel News Channel'. The second is a screenshot of Castiel from the same confession scene. At the bottom is a headline which reads 'Bye bye McCarthy' and a subline which says 'Are you ready for another 15 votes for speaker of the house?'. The third image is a screenshot of Dean from the same scene edited so that a text looking like subtitles spells out 'I love you'. /End ID]