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CynicalContrarian said:So assuming Paul Ryan retains his seat.
Does he remain speaker of the house or are changes likely to the Republican structure if Trump wins?
Per wikipedia:
The House of Representatives elects the Speaker of the House on the first day of every new Congress and in the event of the death or resignation of an incumbent Speaker. The Clerk of the House of Representatives requests nominations: there are normally two, one from each major party (each party having previously met to decide on its nominee). The Clerk then calls the roll of the Representatives, each Representative indicating the surname of the candidate the Representative is supporting.
Although no rule exists, based on tradition and practice from the earliest days of the nation, to be elected speaker a candidate must receive an absolute majority of all votes cast for individuals, i.e. excluding those who abstain. If no candidate wins such a majority, then the roll call is repeated until a speaker is elected. The last time repeated votes were required was in 1923, when the Speaker was elected on the ninth ballot.
The questions are:
-How does the Clerk of the House of Reps determine the nominations?
-If the Clerk can't restrict Ryan's nomination, can you coordinate your pro-Trump reps to vote for a name that wasn't nominated?
-Will the informal "absolute majority" rule still be enforced if the Democratic candidate (Pelosi?) receives a plurality, but not majority, of the House vote? And are there enough Trumpist representatives who dig in and keep voting Trump such that the Paul Ryan backers give up and acquiesce?