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   Angle (angle@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jan-2023 07:11:34 JST Angle

   ...So have the republicans elected a speaker yet? :/

   And if not, what's the longest time and most votes ever needed to elect a speaker before, historically? :/

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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jan-2023 07:11:33 JST hypolite

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     @Angle I read the historical record is 133 votes over 2 months.
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     Angle (angle@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jan-2023 07:20:35 JST Angle

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     Nevermind lol, I found an article: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/longest-elect-speaker-house/story?id=96183135

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     Inhabitant of Carcosa :emacs: (carcosa@emacs.ch)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jan-2023 07:22:03 JST Inhabitant of Carcosa :emacs:

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     @Angle Oh, right before the Civil War. That's surely not relevant to the current situation in any way, and no cause for concern.

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     Angle (angle@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jan-2023 07:23:20 JST Angle

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     @hypolite Yup, I found that article too. Crazy! I guess we'll see what happens, eh? XD

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