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Belle of the Ranch

Let's talk about the US House, pledges and parties....

Belle of the Ranch

Belle of the Ranch

Society & Culture

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Let's talk about the US House, pledges and parties....

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Well, howdy there, internet people, let's bow again. So today we are going to talk about

0:26.8

the US House of Representatives and pledges and where it goes from here.

0:33.0

So if you have missed the news,

0:36.0

the Republican Party is having some issues,

0:41.0

choosing a speaker.

0:46.8

Basically, they've kind of scrapped everybody that has tried thus far,

0:53.2

starting fresh.

0:54.9

This weekend, people who wish to be speaker,

0:58.7

why anybody would want this job, I do not know, they're calling and trying to gather allies. And on Monday, they're

1:07.9

going to get together and try to once again designate somebody to be the speaker and then hopefully at some

1:18.0

point next week there will be a floor of vote on it and we may or may not find out something then. A new wrinkle has

1:30.0

emerged. A number of Republicans in the House are suggesting that there needs to be

1:36.8

a loyalty pledge that basically everybody signs this and they're agreeing to back the whoever the speaker is,

1:50.8

whoever the designee is that gets chosen, they agree to back that person.

1:58.1

There is some opposition to it, unsurprisingly, from the Freedom Caucus, which is the far right Caucus.

2:09.7

Here's the thing about this. While I understand the general idea, the real issue kind of emerges

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