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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Maybe I missed something, but doesn't the Speaker need to be a member of Congress? Last I checked, Newt isn't.

38 posted on 10/08/2015 7:52:30 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)

To: wagglebee

No the Speaker of the House does not have to be a sitting member of Congress. Anyone can run.

40 posted on 10/08/2015 7:55:45 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood

To: wagglebee

No, actually.

41 posted on 10/08/2015 7:56:54 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Plea$e $upport Free Republic.)

To: wagglebee

Maybe I missed something, but doesn't the Speaker need to be a member of Congress?

Nope. Congress can elect anyone they want for speaker. Newt would be fine but I would prefer Sarah Palin.

46 posted on 10/08/2015 8:35:18 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Tagline pending.)

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