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John Boehner exit: Anyone can run for House speaker, even you
CSM ^
| Sept. 25, 2015
| PeterGrier
Posted on 09/26/2015 10:56:52 AM PDT by Duke C.
Who can replace Speaker of the House John Boehner, who announced Friday he’s quitting? Almost anyone. Maybe even you.
This isn’t a comment on the job Representative Boehner has or has not done in his role as leader of his legislative chamber. It’s meant to illustrate a little-known fact: Under the Constitution, the speaker does not have to be a member of the House. He or she doesn’t have to be an elected lawmaker or government official. The speaker can be an ordinary, private citizen.
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I've known about this for years, but in this election cycle it seems like anything is possible.
Ted Cruz as Speaker, anyone?
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posted on
09/26/2015 10:56:52 AM PDT
by
Duke C.
To: Duke C.
Walter Williams as Speaker.
Thomas Sowell as Speaker.
Two great candidates because they don’t particularly want it, and are two awesome and smart guys.
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posted on
09/26/2015 10:59:11 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Duke C.
 For Cruz! |
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posted on
09/26/2015 11:01:18 AM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: Duke C.
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posted on
09/26/2015 11:08:18 AM PDT
by
sparklite2
(Eagles fan after loss to Dallas -- This is the first time I ever saw the "prevent offense".)
To: Fiddlstix
Cruz for Speaker (short term)! Now, would that piss off the pope or what?
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posted on
09/26/2015 11:10:20 AM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
To: Jim Robinson
Ted Cruz for President, but my vote for the next Speaker is Louie Gohmert!
:^)
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posted on
09/26/2015 11:16:38 AM PDT
by
elcid1970
("I don't like Islam and I don't trust Muslims.")
To: elcid1970
Yup. Like him a lot, Go, Louie, GO!!
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posted on
09/26/2015 11:18:13 AM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
To: Duke C.
wasn’t there a push to elect Allen West immediately after the 2014 midterms?
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posted on
09/26/2015 11:18:41 AM PDT
by
God luvs America
(63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
To: Duke C.
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posted on
09/26/2015 11:21:10 AM PDT
by
nikos1121
("There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." Thoreau)
To: Secret Agent Man
Walter Williams maybe, Sowell a big no.
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posted on
09/26/2015 11:21:42 AM PDT
by
nikos1121
("There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." Thoreau)
To: elcid1970
Why him? Don’t really know much of him.
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posted on
09/26/2015 11:22:18 AM PDT
by
nikos1121
("There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." Thoreau)
To: Duke C.
I’ve never seen anything from the Founders about this and assume they envisioned a Member serving either in a political or non-political role as was done at the time.
The language they wrote certainly allows for it, but I assume it is just a curiosity.
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posted on
09/26/2015 11:33:19 AM PDT
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: Jim Robinson; elcid1970
Louie already said yesterday when he was on Hannity’s radio program that he would not run. Said he burned too many bridges last time around.
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posted on
09/26/2015 11:38:35 AM PDT
by
Grams A
(The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
To: Duke C.
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posted on
09/26/2015 11:41:23 AM PDT
by
don-o
(I am Kenneth Carlisle - Waco 5/17/15)
To: Jim Robinson
Anyone can be Speaker, even a Vice President. Cruz would then be President of the Senate and Speaker of the House. Plus the power behind the throne of the Trump White House.
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posted on
09/26/2015 11:43:53 AM PDT
by
Lisbon1940
(No full-term governors)
To: Duke C.
To: Duke C.
Jim Thompson for Speaker!
Heck for $5000 we could have registered
him as a candidate for president.
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posted on
09/26/2015 11:52:00 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Duke C.
This seems very odd, since its a fact, 435 members could elect the 2nd in line to the Presidency.
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posted on
09/26/2015 11:54:01 AM PDT
by
chiller
(One from the Right - One for the Fight)
To: Fiddlstix
To: Duke C.
They will probably bring back Cantor. A stick in the eye.
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posted on
09/26/2015 12:01:55 PM PDT
by
dforest
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