Pelosi strikes deal with Dem rebels, paving the way for her speakership

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico



The California Democrat has agreed to limit her time as speaker to four years at most.

By HEATHER CAYGLE, RACHAEL BADE and JOHN BRESNAHAN 12/12/2018 06:14 PM EST

Nancy Pelosi struck a deal Wednesday with Democratic rebels intent on denying her the speakership, paving the way for her to reclaim the gavel she lost eight years ago.

The California Democrat has agreed to limit her time as speaker to four years at most. In return, a critical number of lawmakers who vowed to oppose Pelosi will support her in a crucial Jan. 3 House floor vote.

The proposal also limits the time her two deputies, Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Assistant Democratic Leader Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), can stay in their posts, although those changes will likely have to be ratified by the full caucus.

The accord is a major triumph for Pelosi, who has spent the past several weeks engaged in a full-court lobbying campaign to line up the remaining votes she needed to clinch the speakership.


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[NCjack]

1. maybe early next year, Nancy, Steny, and Jim will be in the WH. nt

[lovemydogs]

2. I think many of the new democrats coming in do not realize

what it takes to be Speaker.

It is a very hard job and while I support the new democrats coming in, I think they are a little unrealistic in their ideas about what Speaker is.

[SunSeeker]

3. They better learn from her while she's there! nt

[Hortensis]

5. That's for sure. Nancy's never lost a floor vote.

Frankly, it's understandable why some promised to vote against the highest ranked woman in the history of our government to get elected, but scarcely reassuring. And it's unlikely that any of them were Trump-level clueless about what the job entails.

I wouldn't trust any one of those who made that promise -- with no idea who'd replace her (all of them) -- with anything that required either integrity or judgement. Certainly not the future of our nation.

Fortunately, by far most of our new members rose above that. But this lot is already starting out in an ethical hole, not a good indication for those arriving in the famously corrupting environment of DC and already showing signs of what they may be willing to do to get reelected.

[Hortensis]

4. It's ok. For better or worse, Kevin McCarthy, James Clyborn, Mitch McConnell,

Steny Hoyer, Steve Scalise, John Cornyn, Chuck Schumer, and Dick Durbin have all also yielded to pressure and agreed to limit their terms.