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Laurence Tribe @tribelaw
Historic Footnote to today’s Speaker vote: The last time Congress needed more than one vote to pick a speaker was 1923: Republicans went 9 rounds to pick Frederick Huntington Gillet. The longest speaker showdown was in 1855, lasting 2 months and requiring 133 rounds of votes. — PolitiTweet.org