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Round 14 set for tonight 10pm.

Interesting Nominating Remark "'What you're seeing on this floor does not mean we are dysfunctional,' said Republican Representative Anna Paulina Luna as she nominated a McCarthy rival, Byron Donalds, for the 10th vote."

Exactly. And that may be what it will take to seat a speaker and let the House get to its work. The non-RINO Republicans are not looking or doing well right now, are they? At present, and seemingly for the foreseeable future, the non-RINOs are in a House-paralyzing stalemate. If tensions grow...

I've been glimpsing the news through the day as the House speaker situation continues to play out. Various thoughts: 1. It's getting boring and tiresome. Same votes repeated again and again. Same results. 2. One comment that stuck out above many others was "The Republican Party has been...

Gaetz did not "put forth Trump as house speaker. He simply cast his lone vote for Trump. That was a vote or two ago. In the 10th vote just completed Trump got zero votes. Through the whole 10-round process (and counting), Trump received one vote one time. That should surprise no one as Trump...

10 Votes, Still No House Speaker Same s**t, different day. How long will this continue?

Is that good news or bad?

They haven't heard of you either.

Two Apt Quotes: GOP Rep. Dusty Johnson (McCarthy backer): "I mean, either we're going to figure out how to work together in month one, or else we're going to have to replay this Greek tragedy every single week" GOP Rep. Pat Fallon (McCarthy backer): "The entire conference should support their...

While it's an amusing thought, I think it is highly unlikely that the Republicans elect a Democratic Speaker of the House. And even if they did, the low threshold they have for speaker removal would be quickly triggered. With just one or maybe just a few congresspeople needed to make a motion to...

As the news is dominated by the US House speaker election drama, the DOJ special prosecutor, three grand juries and some state prosecutors continue their work, and presidential candidate Trump contunues his bunker at Mar-a-Lago "strategy." His candidacy is barely mentioned any more. I expect to...

Maybe you haven't heard. The Jan 6 Committee has completed its work. Its report has been issued. The evidence it developed has been given to the justice department. The criminal referrals have been made. The Committee members are no longer meeting. I don't know if the Committee has been...

Looking at this another way, what is it about McCarthy that has him so determined to win the speaker seat that he's unwilling to withdraw and clear the way for a consensus candidate that will enable the House to get on with it's work? Why is he as willing as the 20 to set aside all other...

Maybe danthewolf00 and I are both wrong. If it is not about stopping the government (alternatively if it's not about continuing the insurrection), and if it is not about stopping McCarthy the person, what is it about for the 20 (or 21) Republicans now holding the House hostage? Why are they...

That may well be. It may not be about stopping the government but about stopping McCarthy personally instead. If that's the case, what did McCarthy do or fail to do that has these 20 Republicans sooooo fiercely against him? What is it about McCarthy that makes them willing to bring the House...

The Democrats have their extremists too; a group of "out-there" left-wingers who call themselves "The Squad." But that group has never blocked the election of their speaker or paralyzed the House with that method. The Republicans and Democrats have, for 100 years, always had opposition and...

At present, there are 20 Republicans withholding their votes for Kevin McCarthy for Speaker of the House. And all of them have strongly supported Trump in the past. All say they still do. It is reported today that Trump called all 20 of them to urge their support of McCarthy. None of them did...

Day two of the 118th Congress brings a second day of the US House paralyzed by the Republican majority's failure to elect their own Speaker. For the most part, today was remarkably similar to yesterday, except support for McCarthy weakened slightly. The House is adjourned until noon tomorrow. I...

Tragic: characteristic or suggestive of a tragedy. Tragedy: a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster: Two days, six votes, no speaker. Republicans have halted congress in its tracks with this failure. It it lamentable? Yes it is. Millions of Democrats, Republicans...