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Marthe48

(16,869 posts) Thu Oct 15, 2015, 11:23 AM Oct 2015

About the House Speaker

After Ezra Klein suggested Mitt Romney, my husband and I were thinking, 'Good joke!'--he's not even in the House! I just heard that Newt is willing to become House Speaker. So I did some checking. It is not a requirement in the Constitution for the Speaker of the House to be an elected member of Congress. Here is what I was reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives

Does this mean that if the Repubs figure it out, they can bring someone in? And keep in mind that the Speaker is 2nd in line of succession for the presidency. Scary!

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About the House Speaker (Original Post) Marthe48 Oct 2015 OP

it'll probably end up being charlie dent - remember the dems get to vote for speaker also and saturnsring Oct 2015 #1

saturnsring

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1. it'll probably end up being charlie dent - remember the dems get to vote for speaker also and

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Thu Oct 15, 2015, 11:28 AM

Oct 2015

the crazy caucus wont vote for mitt or newt so the republicans alone don't have the votes. theyre gonna need help from the dems

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