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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHouse Speaker vote underway
Three TP members nominated, somebody voted for Sen. Rand Paul, someone else voted for Colin Powell
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House Speaker vote underway (Original Post)
brooklynite
Jan 2015
OP
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)1. Kick
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)2. C-span 1 has the actual voting process.
Pelosi has almost as many votes as Boehner.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)3. Boehner's lost more votes than I figured he would
1 Present and 17 Others.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)4. Anybody know how many Reps showed up?
I know a large part of the NY Delegation are attending the Cuomo funeral.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)5. 23 for Others and 1 Present
12 more and it could go to a second ballot.
a kennedy
(29,673 posts)6. I'M NOT WATCHING
any S-PIN until there's a balance again....either dem house, or dem Senate not total control by repubs.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)7. Send in the clowns....n/t
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)8. Boehner has won
The rest of this is just procedural now.
The rebellion got more votes this time than they did last, though.