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Successful candidate requires an outright majority of all members voting for someone by name. 435 house members. that means the speaker needs 218 votes. 218 is not necessarily the magic number. members sometimes vote present or absent or since the start of the new congress haven't yet been sworn in. so the house may have fewer than 435. consider the vote for former house speaker john boehner in january 2015. boehner commandeered 2016 votes. 25 lawmakers discast a ballot. they were absent attending the funeral of mario cuomo. the house was smaller. those members missed opening day and had not b...

With your hard-earned tax dollars. >> -- such as the employer mandate, delayed until 2015. boehner says it's about reforming the way things are done in washington, and making an example of the president's use of executive action. >> it's not about reasons versus democrats. it's about the legislative branch being taken advantage of by the executive branch. >> and they worked their will to pass legislation. and the president is expected to execute those laws.