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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNancy Pelosi just reached 212 votes....
By my count that locks her in as being the next Speaker.
AOC provided vote # 212, as a fun FYI.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)BGBD
(3,282 posts)it's one more than the number of votes I expect McCarthy could reach.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)But under no circumstances would McCarthy get more than 211, so all additional roll calls would have done would move from Presents to Pelosi.
In any case, the absolute majority today was 215 and she passed that a few moments later.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)demmiblue
(36,816 posts)Oh, wait.
BGBD
(3,282 posts)that she was the next in line at the time.
malaise
(268,664 posts)Keep those boots on their necks Nancy P!
samnsara
(17,604 posts)..they need to ripen and mature a bit me thinks.
Budi
(15,325 posts)💙
onetexan
(13,019 posts)antidemocratic Republican party plans to give Biden administration hell the next 4 years.
lindysalsagal
(20,564 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)I feel a damn lot better about crawling out of this Trump hell-hole with our lifelong Democrats leading the way.
Trust & Wisdom are a bfd going into 2021.
They have well earned it through their many years at the wheel.
We will be ok
🥂💙
obamanut2012
(26,041 posts)BGBD
(3,282 posts)alphabetically by groups.
The real "winning" vote was #215. 212 just made it certain that she wouldn't finish the first vote behind McCarthy. There was never any doubt that Pelosi would win the Speakership today though. McCarthy was never going to get a majority.
obamanut2012
(26,041 posts)BGBD
(3,282 posts)They also have to have known every other person who would miss their time slot too.
The funnier reaction is to watch rose Twitter from when she missed her vote a d from when she voted for Pelosi. Same with Cori Bush.