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re: Does Louisiana have a super majority in the house and/or the senate?
Posted on 11/17/19 at 2:00 pm to Hill Tiger
Posted on 11/17/19 at 2:00 pm to Hill Tiger
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If so, can republicans do as we want regardless of JBE?
If they have the balls. The Governor appoints the Speaker of the State's House. The Speaker then assigns Reps to committees. I don't know if the Governor can appoint a minority party member as a Speaker but regardless of that a Governor is going to appoint someone who will be as agreeable with what they want to do as possible. The state's GOP members of the House need to be of one mind and will, willing to use a veto to override when necessary.
They won't though. They'll be worried about being removed from committee assignments or having their legislation blocked.
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Posted on 11/17/19 at 2:15 pm to Bard
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The Governor appoints the Speaker of the State's House.
Not accurate. JBE wanted Walt Leger, a fellow Dem in 2016 as Speaker. Speaker is decided by vote of the full House.
Posted on 11/17/19 at 3:15 pm to Bard
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The Governor appoints the Speaker of the State's House.
He gets to recommend someone but it is not like appointing a judge or anything like that. The state house does not have to approve him and the governor is not the only that gets to make nominations. Did you people forget 2016?
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Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards lost his first skirmish with the Republican-dominated Louisiana Legislature when his personal choice for speaker of the Louisiana House was defeated in a rare contested election.
A last-minute candidate, New Iberia Rep. Taylor Barras, a former Democrat who turned Republican in 2011, sneaked through the two partisan candidates who had battled for the top legislative job since the election.
Just like in 2016, JBE will recommend a Speaker and the house republicans will say thank you but no thank you and then pick their own speaker.
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