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berni_mccoy

(23,018 posts) Thu Jan 3, 2013, 02:07 PM Jan 2013

If Boehner doesn't get as many as Pelosi because of the split, Pelosi will be next Speaker, correct?

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Oh Boy, Plenty of Non-Boehner Votes going through for Speaker... (Original Post) berni_mccoy Jan 2013 OP

No, Speaker requires an absolute majority of votes MR. ELECTABLE Jan 2013 #1

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1. No, Speaker requires an absolute majority of votes

Thu Jan 3, 2013, 02:09 PM

Jan 2013

(56,203 posts)

2. that would be an big embarassment, but no, they keep voting until someone gets a majority