A band of House conservatives Friday voted down a GOP bill to avoid a government shutdown. The vote marked a significant — and embarrassing — defeat for Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …

A band of House conservatives Friday voted down a GOP bill to avoid a government shutdown. The vote marked a significant — and embarrassing — defeat for Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …

  • Bassman1805@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I’m reminded of the whole debacle leading to McCarthy’s Speakership, where a Democrat led the vote for Speaker of the House for like 20 votes in a row.

    At some point it makes more sense to just… give it to the person who won the vote?