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mapsontheweb · 10 months

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United States House of Representatives Apportioned based on alligator population

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dontmean2bepoliticalbut · 2 years

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intersectionalpraxis · 1 month

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daddysakic · 1 year

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13’s not the charm

#us politics #us history #us house of representatives #speaker of the house #kevin mccarthy #hakeem jeffries #this is a clown show #us goverment #us congress #this is insane #this will never not be funny

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theorderofthetriad · 1 year

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for your listening pleasure, here is Jared Huffman yelling "Hakeem Jeffries!" with the same cadence as "Leeroy Jenkins!" in the US House of Representatives

#us politics #us house speaker #jared huffman #hakeem jeffries #us house of representatives #santagno #audio by tino #Top Tino Post #leeroy jenkins

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thestompinggroundshowappropriate · 6 months

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#2nd amendment #vote #responsible gun ownership #congress #us house of representatives #election #marjorie taylor greene #matt gaetz #republican #gop #lauren bobert

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missmarthanightingale · 1 year

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#current events #us politics #kevin mccarthy #us house of representatives #republican party #original

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juniperandthistle · 1 year

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I think if we get to round 20 for voting on the House speaker the American people should get another stimulus check. Like a distant parent sending money after they missed a birthday. It would be nice

#us house of representatives #Either that or make all those nominated fist fight on the floor of the House #us politics #kevin mccarthy #congress #speaker of the house #mine

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dontmeantobepoliticalbut · 1 year

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Out Representative-elect Robert Garcia (D-CA) may not have been able to get sworn in yesterday due to Republicans’ inability to elect a Speaker of the House, but he has plans for when he finally can be sworn in.

When he takes his oath of office, he’ll swear on a copy of the Constitution, and, beneath that, an original Superman #1 comic from 1939, a photo of his parents, and a copy of his citizenship certificate.

Garcia came to the U.S. from Peru with his family when he was five-years-old and has said that naturalization was “his proudest moment” and the reason he started a career in politics. His parents died in 2020 of COVID-19.

He was the youngest and first out LGBTQ+ person elected as mayor of Long Beach, California (a position he served in from 2014 to 2022). During his time as mayor, he worked with businesses to reduce their environmental impacts, filled vacancies on citizen commissions with diverse and female members, and worked to improve local infrastructure as well as financial opportunities for local artists and home-based business owners.

He’s also an avid comic book fan.

In November, he tweeted a photo of the Superman #1 comic along with Amazing Fantasy #15, in which Spider-Man first appeared, saying he didn’t know which one he would first check out from the Library of Congress.

While many members of Congress will be sworn in on Bibles, they are not legally required to do so. Former Rep. – and current Minnesota attorney general – Keith Ellison (D-MN), who was the first Muslim person elected to Congress in 2007, was sworn in on a copy of the Quran owned by Thomas Jefferson.

Theodore Roosevelt wasn’t sworn in with any object after the assassination of William McKinley in 1901. And in 2014 Suzi LeVine was sworn in as U.S. ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein on a Kindle with a copy of the Constitution open.

“I wanted to use a copy that is from the twenty-first century and that reflects my passion for technology and my hope for the future,” she said at the time.

New members of the House can’t be sworn in until a speaker is elected. Yesterday, after three votes, no candidate for Speaker was able to get a majority of votes because of a faction of Republicans voting against Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). The Democrats’ candidate – Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) – got the most votes in each round of voting, and around 20 Republicans – including anti-LGBTQ+ Reps. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Bob Good (R-VA), and Matt Gaetz (R-FL) – voted for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH).

Jordan himself nominated and voted for McCarthy.

The House adjourned without a new Speaker elected.

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destielmemenews · 2 months

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#destiel meme news #destiel meme #news #united states #us news #us politics #tom suozzi #george santos #new york #elections #state elections #special election #us house of representatives #us congress

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todaysdocument · 6 days

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And the Clerk Will Call the Roll!

Record Group 46: Records of the U.S. SenateSeries: Berryman Political Cartoon Collection

This cartoon depicts members of the House as puppets manipulated by the Clerk of the House. The many members of the House sit in rows on benches. Strings lead from each man to the Clerk of the House who is depicted as much larger. He is in the gallery holding all the strings in one hand and a gavel in the other. He wears a top hat

#archivesgov #April 14 #1929 #1920s #clifford berryman #political cartoons #us house of representatives

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woodsfae · 5 months

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I hope Rashida Tlaib know that America stands with her. That the majority of Americans support Palestinian freedom. I'm going to put a postcard of support in the mail for her today. Don't want to tangle any email or phone lines as I'm not her constituent.

#rashida tlaib #us house of representatives #uspol #us politics #woodsfae #michigan

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dontmean2bepoliticalbut · 1 year

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