Post #2 – Tuesday – Jan 3 – On this day of Sagittarius – sign of justice & the government – the House of Representatives is voting for Speaker of the House. There are two people being voted on – McCarthy (R) & Jeffries (D – who called the true prez the voice of the KKK). Which would you vote for?

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What is the House of Representatives? Based on the Constitution, the House of Representative makes & passes Federal Laws.
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What is Speaker of the House (job) – the Speaker maintains order, manages its proceedings, and governs the administration of its business. Manual Sec. 622; Deschler Ch 6 Sec. Sec. 2-8. Watch the proceedings on Fox News.

The US has Mars/Uranus at this time. The results may be surprising. The voting will go on for some time. It may take days. There may be more rounds of voting. There are 18 Republicans opposing McCarthy. They can’t articulate what they want. They are breaking apart the Rep party. What is the reason for their opposition to McCarthy? It’s a vote against McCarthy. Why is this? Difficult for McCarthy.

As of 2pm Washington DC – No candidate (neither McCarthy or Jeffries) has secured the majority of the vote. In 1923, no person had the majority of the votes. It then goes to a 2nd ballot.
The first order of business of a new Congress is the election of a Speaker. Government stops until a Speaker is elected. This could take a few days. Possible outcomes – if McCarthy doesn’t get 218 – (hard line Rep opponents are stalling the process). Others may come forth to nominate just about anyone.

No one has the vote. Tom Cole & Patrick McHenry may be put up to vote. Steve Scalise, too. Everything’s upside down now in Washington. 234 people need to vote. Lot of chaos now on Capital Hll. No one knows how this will go. Two nightmare scenarios – it took 2 weeks then 2 months in the 1800s to select a House Speaker. We are in uncharted territory now.

Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House of Rep, stands in for the Speaker of the House till a Speaker is chosen. In 1849 & 56, the House voted & voted. They put forth a resolution – if no speaker, lower the bar & person w/ most votes will be winner. That is how Cobb & Banks were elected in the 1800s. This may happen in this case in our times.

We continue to watch the house floor. Dems clearly for Jeffries. When will they consider the needs of the people of our country. McCarthy wants to protect the border & fire the 187 K IRS workers. Is there a potential consensus candidate? We don’t now. More later as the news continues. Risa

Are we actually just seeing a Uni-party? Is there not really two – Dems/Reps? When everyone was for Bernie, they gave the people Hilary. The Republican party seems unclean. The true prez said he was done with the Rep party. They said nothing about the rigged elections. Both parties have to implode. They are both corrupt. We need a third party. We don’t know the outcome of this scenario – we are waiting, watching. We can’t really trust either party. Who do we trust? Harmeet. Who is running to be chosen for the leadership of the Republican party. And the beat goes on…..

What are the components of our US Government?
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-government/