Peter Baker

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The last time a prospective speaker failed to win on the first ballot was in 1923 when it took three days and nine ballots for Frederick Gillett to finally prevail. Back then, progressive Republicans demanded rules changes to share power; Gillett refused https://t.co/q6KkOe0skI — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 3, 2023

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

With five GOP members balking so far, we now know we are going to see something virtually no one alive has seen before -- a failed speakership candidacy on a first vote and at least a second ballot required to pick a House leader. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 3, 2023

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Every four years, political reporters have wondered if this would be the time there might finally be a brokered nominating convention in either party, but it never happens. This is in effect the equivalent of that brokered convention. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 3, 2023