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Biden would veto any Israel-only aid bill, White House says (thehill.com)

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[-] fattylumpkin@sopuli.xyz -2 points 1 year ago

This simply isn't true. The minority party, GOP or Dem have been known to support speakers of the opposite party when it suited their purposes.

[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Look at any of the elections since 2001 (and probably well before). Not a single vote (at least that I saw) for the opposition from either party - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections

This is why you're getting down voted, it's not about what politics it's that you aren't giving correct information.

[-] fattylumpkin@sopuli.xyz -1 points 1 year ago

Nah, the downvotes are weird partisanship. The rest of the world knows that these parties sometimes cut deals on speakers.

https://time.com/6320202/house-democrats-refused-save-kevin-mccarthy/

On Tuesday, Democrats voted unanimously alongside Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida and seven other GOP members to remove McCarthy as Speaker. Despite talk over the weekend that some Democrats might cut a deal with McCarthy to save him, the Speaker ultimately refused to offer members of the opposition party any concessions, leaving Democrats united against him. In the narrowly divided House, only a handful of Republicans needed to join Democrats to create the majority needed to win the vote.