We are four days late in opening a vote to elect the Speaker of the House. Looking at the House procedures I found this in the Definitions section:
3.) The Dean of the House is defined as the serving Representative, who is not the Speaker, with the longest continuous service in the Representative in his or her present stint of service. For the purposes of this clause, continuous service begins at the moment of swearing-in in the first term of the stint of service. The House may, by a two-thirds majority vote on an ordinary resolution, pass the title, powers and responsibilities of the Dean of the House, to the next longest serving Representative (not having been removed from the position by the House previously), for any reason whatsoever.
https://talkelections.org/AFEWIKI/index.php?title=House_of_the_Representatives_Rules_and_Procedures_for_OperationI don't know if anyone can introduce a resolution or only the Speaker can. If it's the Speaker I guess we are going in circles. Otherwise I will try this so we can move on:
This is a resolution to pass the title, powers and responsibilities of the Dean of the House to the next longest serving Representative.
I vote aye
