• paintbucketholder@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Never mind that the only role he has as Speaker pro tempore is facilitating the election of a new Speaker. He doesn’t have the power to rule on any other House business that isn’t very narrowly and very specifically tied to that one, single purpose.

    But then again, we’re talking about a Republican here, so power grabbing moves are par for the course.