House Republicans can't reach 50 votes for new speaker

[brooklynite]

Source: Columbus Dispatch

After spending more than four hours behind closed doors, House Republicans on Tuesday were unable to gather 50 votes to support a new speaker.

Deep divisions within the caucus were on display as Rep. Ryan Smith, R-Bidwell, got the majority of the votes in the caucus, but still fell short of the 50 needed to be elected House speaker by the full chamber on Wednesday.

Smith, a three-term Republican from Bidwell in rural Gallia County, is seeking to replace Cliff Rosenberger, who abruptly resigned from his seat in mid-April amid an FBI probe into his overseas travel.

Rep. Kirk Schuring, R-Canton, the dean of the caucus and the acting speaker, said he was heading back to his office to try to figure out a way to find 50 votes to support Smith, who was challenged by Reps. Dorothy Pelanda of Marysville and Andy Thompson of Marietta.

Read more: http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180515/house-republicans-cant-reach-50-votes-for-new-speaker

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The current split is 65 R / 33 D

[caballojm]

1. Well it can't be easy determining who's the most deplorable among that lot of sociopaths.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Ohio (that might be a useful comment after the OP excerpt) (nt)

[yonder]

6. +1.

it had me on the wrong track.

[irisblue]

3. Collection of A Holes

[Brother Buzz]

4. Ohio House of Representatives -

[Girard442]

5. Pelosi.

If the ballot were secret, she could win.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. This is not the U.S. House. It's the Ohio State House. nt

[TryLogic]

8. Is this from Ohio??