Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20181121:20:39:00
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...
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