https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/12-2-2022/mccarthy-upton-speaker/
Outgoing Republican rep Fred Upton has been mentioned behind close doors as an alternate if Fred McCarthy fails to get 218 votes.
Having read up on him, I think he would be a good choice. He voted to impeach Trump and supports DACA. He also belives climate change is a big problem. He also voted for BIF, Violence aganist Women Act and supports background checks for guns.
Although he did vote aganist Obamacare and suppported a full repeal in 2017 ugh.
Its unlikely. If five republicans voted for a compromise speaker with democrat help they would almost certainly be kicked out the republican caucus and out the party.
Still, I think a compromise speaker would be great. Kevin McCarthy being speaker means MTG being speaker. Say what you want about Cocaine Mitch, he stands up to Trump and doesnt want democracy to die (well maybe by courts long term).
My question, how does this affect floor votes. Previous Republican speakers refused floor votes for even popular bills passed in the senate, even with bipartisan support. The 2013 immigration bill comes to mind.
Would a compromise speaker elected with help of democrats allow floor votes?
Upton is a corporate globalist who personifies the sort of Republican that facilitated the exported our industrial base. He epitomizes the Republican role in the destruction of the middle class; the sort of Mitt Romney Republican that can talk about "the 47 percent" out of one side of his mouth and "Black Lives Matter" out of the other side. The Democratic Party is still in the throes of Woke Madness, but the Upton's of the World are the folks that trashed the Middle Class despite their Clean Language and Good Manners.
