Comments on: Embattled Boehner holds on to Speaker’s post http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/45878 The oldest political news site on the Internet Thu, 23 May 2013 16:02:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: John W. Farley http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/45878/comment-page-1#comment-222602 John W. Farley Sat, 05 Jan 2013 05:08:03 +0000 http://www.capitolhillblue.com/?p=45878#comment-222602 In electing the Speaker of the House, everybody votes, including the minority party. So if 15 Republicans (less than 10%) had voted for Pelosi, she would be the Speaker.

THAT is the scenario that led to the resignation of Newt Gingrich two decades ago.

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