You already know Joe Biden would be your president, but who would be your VP if 0bama is impeached? House Speaker, John Boehner. Now, nobody (including republican congressmen) is satisfied with the job Boehner has done ... thus far. What he does in the coming days will be BIG for him. In fact, his actions could have him replaced as House Speaker (usually by the House Whip) ... Or land him in the White House. The House of Representatives elects the Speaker of the House on the first day of every new Congress and in the event of the death or resignation of an incumbent Speaker. The Clerk of the House of Representatives requests nominations: there are normally two, one from each major party (each party will have previously met to decide on its nominee). So far, the Democrats have always elevated their minority leader to the Speakership upon reclaiming majority control of the House. However, Republicans have not always followed this leadership succession pattern. In 1919, Republicans bypassed James Robert Mann, R-IL, who had been Minority Leader for eight years, and elected a backbencher representative, Frederick H. Gillett, R-MA, to be Speaker. Mann had angered many Republicans by objecting to their private bills on the floor and was also a protégé of autocratic Speaker Joseph Cannon, R-IL (1903–1911), and many members suspected that he would try to re-centralize power in his hands if elected Speaker.[4] More recently, although Robert H. Michel was Minority Leader in 1994 when the Republicans regained control of the House in the 1994 midterm elections, he had already announced his retirement and had little or no involvement in the campaign. Including the Contract with America, which was unveiled six weeks before Election Day. Michel opted not to seek re-election because he had been isolated in the caucus by Minority Whip Newt Gingrich and other younger and more aggressive Congressmen. John Cornyn is/was the house minority whip of the 113th congress.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 03:46:03 +0000
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