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Actually, the Speaker of the House can be anyone the House chooses.
by dtparr 7y ago
Actually, the Speaker of the House can be anyone the House chooses.
- sp332 7y agoRomney would not be allowed to hold both offices at once. He would have to step down as Senator to be Speaker of the House.
- dtparr 7y ago1. In a world where both major parties come together to immediately make him President, I imagine he would be willing to resign his Senate seat. 2. Do you have a citation on Senators being unable to serve as Speaker of the House? It certainly makes sense, and I've seen references about senators not holding roles in other branches concurrently (e.g. executive or judicial), but nothing definitive on senators holding house officer roles.
- sp332 7y agoI guess it's only technically illegal if the two positions are "incompatible".
- Gibbon1 7y agoExactly. You'd need 20 Senators to break ranks and it could be done in 5 minutes. Not saying that's likely but technically there is nothing lawful stopping them.