18-24-61-B-17-17-4 to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoJim Jordan fails again to win speaker gavel in second vote, getting less support than first trywww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up1856
arrow-up1856external-linkJim Jordan fails again to win speaker gavel in second vote, getting less support than first trywww.nbcnews.com18-24-61-B-17-17-4 to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square112fedilink
minus-squareCosmic ClericlinkfedilinkEnglish57•edit-29 months agoAt this point the only way out of this is for independents to not vote for Republicans but vote for Democrats instead.
minus-square@MimicJar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink27•9 months agoAt the moment there are no independent representatives in the House. We have two vacancies, but it’s one Democrat and one Republican. If you mean in the long run, at the next election, sure; but we can’t wait that long for this mess to be sorted out.
minus-squareCosmic ClericlinkfedilinkEnglish12•9 months ago At the moment there are no independent representatives in the House. Actually, I was speaking about independent voters, not members of the House or Senate.
At this point the only way out of this is for independents to not vote for Republicans but vote for Democrats instead.
At the moment there are no independent representatives in the House. We have two vacancies, but it’s one Democrat and one Republican.
If you mean in the long run, at the next election, sure; but we can’t wait that long for this mess to be sorted out.
Actually, I was speaking about independent voters, not members of the House or Senate.