Rep.-elect Don Leonard of Ohio said Tuesday that “senior members of the Democratic House” have threatened to make his life “a living hell” unless he backs, without conditions, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to be the next Speaker of the House.

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[–] 3 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Doesn't matter the choice is being made on the 18th and 19th and the new Congress that was elected will not be given a voice or vote who will be in leadership.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 hours ago (1 child)

    From https://www.congresscountdown.com/info/speaker-election

    The Speaker of the House is elected by the full House on the first day of every new Congress

    If the new members couldn't vote, there would be no reason for them to be threatening Don Leonard. I had to look up how it works because there's a lot of confusing statements in different news articles. The process is different between the House (all members vote) and Senate (each party elects their own majority leader), but in both cases the newly elected members will also be voting, once the new session starts in January with the new Congress.

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  • [–] 1 point 41 minutes ago

    I look it up leadership who will be running is chosen behind close doors on 18th and 19th of this month. Again if only Jeffries is running which I hear is the case it support him or nobody. Fuck up but why he isn't worried.

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