• Jimbob0i0@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Again? Thought they called for this back when Scalise was the designee after the first internal vote…

    • Salamendacious@lemmy.worldOP
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      From the article:

      The device: A simple two-paragraph pledge… to vote “yea” on the floor for whoever wins the House Republican conference’s backing… Flood is organizing a bloc of Republicans to withhold support from candidates unless they press their backers to sign the pledge.

      They’re looking for a written and signed pledge this time.

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        Would this be legally binding, or just usable to say “shame on you for lying, I have proof you’re a liar”? Because I don’t think the latter would work anymore.

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          The house can make it’s own rules they can bar committee seats for people who go against their pledge. They could also coordinate with donors and PACs and financially ostracize pledge breakers.