2015 American Politics Thread: The 114th Congress Is in the House!

yeah the constitution only says 'the house shall chose a speaker'

technically its "chuse" wacky old americans..

"The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment."

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xp how about that, thanks for the clarification. apparently if wikipedia is to be trusted, there has never been a speaker elected from outside the house but there could be and hey why not now lebron james for speaker '15

or maybe get one of those dogs that can walk on his hind legs and put him in a little dog suit and let him walk around and conduct congressional business like a little rory calhoun

Some scuttlebutt here that McCarthy was facing a Robert Livingston situation, who knows. Might be worth reading this one as the day goes on for more randomness:

http://hotair.com/archives/2015/10/08/breaking-kevin-mccarthy-takes-himself-out-of-speaker-race/

Obviously the next Speaker of the House should be Kris Jenner.

Update: Peter Suderman of Reason points to this prophetic joke that an unwitting Boehner told a few days ago: “I had this terrible nightmare last night that I was trying to get out and I couldn’t get out.”

So does anyone want to do the Godfather III photoshop or...

Anyway, further:

Update: For what it’s worth, McCarthy denied that Walter Jones’s letter was a factor in his decision to drop out. As for possible replacements, names like Tom Price, Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, and Peter Roskam are being kicked around right now by commentators. No one expects Jason Chaffetz or Daniel Webster, who were longshots against McCarthy, to be major factors at the moment.

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"Daddy..."

lol

RobinHMasters Luan Dao • 8 minutes ago

Marco Rubio. He has experience as Speaker of the Florida House and won't be running for re-election to the Senate.

so rumors are that rumors of an affair ruined mccarthy

the rumors are that he had an affair with rep renee elmers

these rumors were mostly stoked and repeated by Chuck C Johnson at 'gotnews'

if true the floorshitter is running our government

https://twitter.com/costareports/status/652181319590522880

maybe they can bring dennis hastert back

it's funny cuz they did it to themselves

kinda sucks for the rest of us tho

Rep. Peter King tells me that members are crying in cloakroom, unable to handle the unrest and confusion. "A banana republic," he says.

yes, exactly like a banana republic

fistfights next I hope

but remember when the founding fathers gathered in the cloakroom and cried for a long time

go full taiwan

alexander hamilton is so MEAN

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_violence#United_States

they should just have a duel. a circular duel. with submachine guns.

in the cloakroom

Yes, yes this should happen.

https://twitter.com/LisaDNews/status/652186642111967236

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Speaker Chaffetz

i mean how many cloaks do these fckers even HAVE anyways

isnt romney the king of the fucking RINOs

I dont believe in anything anymore

yeah even in the fantasy world of a non-congressperson Speaker, Romney is a laughable solution to this self-imposed dilemma. nobody likes him but i like that they're at the stage of desperation where convincing themselves that somewhere else in the republican party, far away from congress, there is a unifying champion waiting to ride in on horseback and save the day if only he is called forth. oddly, whatever this person is doing right now, they are not running for president because boy would that present an opportunity.

Trump for speaker

oh... my god

http://www.redstate.com/2015/10/08/the-renee-ellmers-rumor-and-kevin-mccarthys-decision/

There’s a guy out in America who has emails for a massive number of members of Congress and the email addresses of highly influential conservatives outside Congress.

A few days ago, he emailed out to 91 people, including these members of Congress, an email with a series of links to stories alleging a relationship between Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) 61% and Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) 60% of North Carolina. It is worth nothing that the two deny a relationship.

But the email began circulating pretty heavily. Conservatives were buzzing about it. The first line pointed to the current scandal about Denny Hastert and concluded suggesting that if the rumor about McCarthy and his personal life were true, he was a national security risk.

the first sentence of this article about how conservatives turned against their candidate for speak begins "There’s a guy out in America who has emails..."

by all means read the comments and how they refer to Rep. Ellmers.

consistent, engaged moderation is key to a thriving web community:

streiff Mod • 2 hours ago
it that is the case, McCarthy not only has poor judgment but a complete lack of ambition. If a powerful member of congress can't get better strange than Ellmers then he is not worthy of a leadership position.

gets worse

I'm not clicking on a redstate link

their purity scores embedded every time a congressman's name is listed are both distracting and disturbing

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MCCARTHY WITHDRAWS, DENIES ESSENCE TO CAUCUS

this whole thing reminds me of those people that insist on owning dangerous wild animals as pets cuz they think it makes them cool and badass and in touch with real wild animals and then one day they get eaten by their dangerous wild animal pets

https://twitter.com/costareports/status/652211197840916483

BREAKING: BOEHNER IS PERSONALLY ASKING RYAN TO STEP UP AND BE SPEAKER, have spoken twice today by phone...

haha

We cut to this live shot of Boehner in this office:

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/dMbcOC5dS5k/hqdefault.jpg

https://youareagrownman.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/the-godfather-family-album04.jpg

https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/lord_flies.jpg

:D

https://twitter.com/laurennfrench/status/652177633770348545

Pelosi on speaker race: "I’m sure they’ll find somebody who is capable of accepting the honor."

love ya Nan, never change

WELL THEN

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2573731

"Maybe this is a time for Newt Gingrich to come back with a flurry of ideas and a new contract that would advance a conservative agenda to help the country solve these horrible problems," Hannity told Gingrich.