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BumRushDaShow

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8. Someone would have to do a motion to "vacate the Chair"

Reply to patphil (Reply #7)

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 04:42 PM

Dec 11

in order for that to happen since the SOH election normally happens at the start of each 2-year Congressional class (there are "2" sessions per), and January 2026 starts the "2nd" session of the 119th Congress.

January 2027 would start the 1st session of the 120th Congress with a normal election of the SOH.

The threshold to vacate was increased at the beginning of this current session (I think they need 8 co-sponsors or something like that vs 1, which was the threshold previously).

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Yeah! no_hypocrisy Dec 11 #1

Unions strong! ificandream Dec 11 #2

little mikey should go back to Lousiana and stay there. IMHO riversedge Dec 11 #3

South of Louisiana, just a few nautical miles Marthe48 Dec 11 #13

Send him on a cruise Roy Rolling Dec 11 #15

A Few? ProfessorGAC Dec 11 #20

F that Roy Rolling Dec 11 #14

Whats the word on the senate? SSJVegeta Dec 11 #4

Usually there are "companion" bills for each chamber BumRushDaShow Dec 11 #6

Senators I know have ways of forcing votes too but i dont know about the feasibility of this one... SSJVegeta Dec 11 #9

uh oh the natives are getting restless.. Javaman Dec 11 #5

The dikes are spring leaks. Stubby Fingers can't plug them all. erronis Dec 11 #11

This just reinforces my prediction that Johnson will be replaced as speaker in January. patphil Dec 11 #7

Someone would have to do a motion to "vacate the Chair" BumRushDaShow Dec 11 #8

I think there's a movement in the House to do just that. patphil Dec 11 #22

fat orange imbecile needs a diaper change after that information wolfie001 Dec 11 #10

Godwin's Law - one of the first things Hitler did was abolish the unions... Wounded Bear Dec 11 #12

And before that they went after the Communists. nt Ilsa Dec 12 #24

The Anti-Union movement popsdenver Dec 12 #26

Mikey Mouse should crawl back into a hole 🕳️ oasis Dec 11 #16

Never understood the whole Executive Orders thing. Aussie105 Dec 11 #17

He is MISUSING Executive Orders BumRushDaShow Dec 11 #19

About time for Moses Mike to change the rules... WestMichRad Dec 11 #18

They shouldn't just be nullified. They should all be illegal. Initech Dec 11 #21

The dam is bursting orangecrush Dec 12 #23

Good for thoughs Republicans to show a little life Gum Logger Dec 12 #25