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A five-page, 26-point memo detailing “fails” nether Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) enactment is circulating among House Republicans arsenic the archetypal ballot draws near.
A transcript of the papers obtained by The Hill reads: “The House indispensable beryllium organized to present connected the historical mandate granted to President Trump and Republicans. It presently is not – arsenic demonstrated galore times implicit the past twelvemonth and, astir recently, the week earlier Christmas.”
Johnson has a constrictive borderline for mistake successful Friday's Speakership vote.
Assuming each members are contiguous and voting for a candidate, Johnson can spend to suffer lone 1 GOP vote — and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) is wide seen arsenic an immovable "no."
Roughly a twelve different blimpish Republicans are undecided.
The predetermination of the Speaker indispensable beryllium completed earlier the House tin instrumentality immoderate different actions, including swearing successful its members, adopting a rules bundle and, eventually, certifying President-elect Trump's triumph Monday.
On the different broadside of the Capitol, senators expect acold little play but volition besides spot caller members sworn successful connected the archetypal time of the caller Congress.
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