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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (14764)11/16/2006 4:33:21 PM
From: Jim S  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71588
 
Dumb question time: do the newly elected congress people participate in the vote for speaker? I don't think they've been sworn in yet, have they?

Or is the election just among the currently sitting congress people?



To: Alan Smithee who wrote (14764)11/16/2006 7:29:42 PM
From: Geoff Altman  Respond to of 71588
 
The Dems are actually acting rationally???

I'm wondering how it would have turned out if it wasn't a secret ballot. Anyway, GO BLUE DOGS!...<g>



To: Alan Smithee who wrote (14764)11/16/2006 7:29:54 PM
From: Peter Dierks  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71588
 
Apparently the light of day shone upon Abscam Murtha made him less palatable. This is a surprise though, I though the democrat party was the party of plausible deniability: "I did not inhale"; "I did not have sexual relations with that girl." "There was no controlling legal authority." etc.


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