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Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Pelosi preparing for House to decide Presidency: report

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has begun mobilizing Democrats for the possibility that neither Joe Biden nor President Donald Trump will win an outright Electoral College victory, a once-in-a-century phenomenon that would send the fate of the presidency to the House of Representatives to decide. 

Under that scenario, which hasn’t happened since 1876, every state’s delegation gets a single vote. Who receives that vote is determined by an internal tally of each lawmaker in the delegation. This means the presidency may not be decided by the party that controls the House itself but by the one that controls more state delegations in the chamber. And right now, Republicans control 26 delegations to Democrats’ 22, with Pennsylvania tied and Michigan a 7-6 plurality for Democrats, with a 14th seat held by independent Justin Amash.
-Stormfax

7 comments:

  1. Who knows? Pelosi may not even be the speaker when that happens..

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    1. She won't be sane when it happens.

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    2. You are taking it for granted that she is sane now!

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  2. Its a Politico story that's all you need to know. Bring it.

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  3. Unfortunately, she will be. The Constitution says election of the President by the House is to take place "immediately", not after the new House is seated on January 14th.

    Besides, with the Amy Barrett contretemps, Nancy will insist on holding the election immediately, "because we're elected for two years, not one so there".

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  4. Is anybody else having trouble with Blogger insisting you clear cache and cookies when trying to post, then have to log in again? (Using Google Account)

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  5. The next president won't be decided in The House. The decision will be made from the roof tops.

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