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I'm pretty sure it's just a simple majority thing, but someone please correct me if I am wrong. 97% of Republican House members != over 50% of the House. The R
by catlover76 3y ago
I'm pretty sure it's just a simple majority thing, but someone please correct me if I am wrong. 97% of Republican House members != over 50% of the House.
The Republican majority is so thin, that all it took was 8 or 9 of them to vote no when they called the vote (which itself was only callable because it was a shitshow for Republicans to elect a Speaker a year ago and there was a rule change to satisfy the Gaetz crew (i.e. a rule change that permitted them to do exactly this)).