It's also important to note that forcing a second ballot =/= booting Pelosi. If you force a second ballot, you just re-do the vote, and you can repeat that process until someone moves. There were something like 40 ballots in a Speaker election in the 1920s. In that sort of a situation, it would be super easy for Democrats to turn the liberal media complex against progressives and blame them for stalling out the government.
And they got a concession -- PAYGO was scrapped.
It's also important to note that forcing a second ballot =/= booting Pelosi. If you force a second ballot, you just re-do the vote, and you can repeat that process until someone moves. There were something like 40 ballots in a Speaker election in the 1920s. In that sort of a situation, it would be super easy for Democrats to turn the liberal media complex against progressives and blame them for stalling out the government.
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