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SSJVegeta

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1. Umm. If there are at least 3 GOP reps who want it back in session

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Mon Oct 20, 2025, 05:39 AM

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...all they gotta do is join the Dems.

So far Riley and MTG supposedly support this. We just need one more and somebody to swear in Grijalva in lieu of the speaker...

Ya know: if theyre serious

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Umm. If there are at least 3 GOP reps who want it back in session SSJVegeta Monday #1

Or go independent and caucus with Dems Zambero Monday #3

They could just stay republican and show up to work SSJVegeta Monday #4

The current Speaker selected by the majority party calls the shots Zambero Monday #5

This message was self-deleted by its author SSJVegeta Monday #6

Ugh. So basically they cant hold votes without a speaker? Even if theres a pro tempore replacing them?? SSJVegeta Monday #7

"All of it has just been cancelled for no discernible reason that I can really understand." rampartd Monday #2