As the House goes into the third day of deliberations, the 188th Congress has yet to select a Speaker for the upcoming legislative session. After six rounds of contentious voting, neither the Republicans nor Democrats have been able to put forward a candidate who meets the necessary 218 votes to become Speaker of the House, thanks to a gradually growing group of dissident Republican lawmakers.…
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Libertarian Jason Lebeck Announces Challenge to Speaker Paul Ryan for Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District
By Andy Craig on January 18, 2016 7:58 PM

Press Release via the Libertarian Party of Wisconsin:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Contact: Lebeck for Congress| [email protected] | (920) 222-0580 | democracy.com/JasonLebeck2016 | FB.com/JasonLebeck2016…
Gov. Gary Johnson: A remarkable thing happened today
By Andy Craig on October 9, 2015 1:08 AM
Our America Initiative email blast:
Friends,
Something remarkable happened today. Business-as-usual in Washington got a wake-up call — and that call came from a small group in Congress who refused to go along with the way the establishment politicians have been doing things for decades.…

