Rep. Patrick McHenry is now the acting Speaker of the House.

  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    So what does this mean Wrt the shutdown? No discussion can happen? And if there’s no new speaker in 43 days is there an automatic shutdown?

    • dhork@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Committees can still meet, and it’s possible that new budget legislation can be drafted, but it will halt once it gets out of committee, because the whole House can’t take any action until it has a Speaker again.