A handful of votes separate President Biden and congressional Democrats from enacting any policy on their wish list -- including a bill to keep former President Donald Trump out of the White House.
FILE - Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., speaks to reporters after Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., the GOP whip, dropped out of the speaker race, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Gallagher announced his retirement Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, …A handful of votes separate President Biden and congressional Democrats from enacting any policy on their wish list — including a bill to keep former President Donald Trump out of the White House. Rep.
With a full House, it takes a minimum of 218 votes to wield the speaker’s gavel. Next month, however, the Republican advantage falls to a precarious 217 to 213. The GOP will need every member on board with each vote, because it can afford only one defection. Were Mr. Jeffries to pull this off, fellow House Democrats would immediately pressure him to advance already-filed legislation declaring Mr. Biden’s leading rival an insurrectionist under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. The Supreme Court has said the legislative branch could do just that in Trump v. Anderson, the Colorado ballot access case ruling, writing that “it is Congress that has long given effect to Section 3 with respect to would-be or existing federal office-holders.
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