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PoliticAverse

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3. I sympathize with you re gerrymandering (which has been found somewhat unconstitutional,
Mon Aug 4, 2014, 03:05 PM
Aug 2014

for a discussion see: http://www.propublica.org/article/is-partisan-gerrymandering-unconstitutional ).

As to the speaker, perhaps the Constitution should have required a 2/3rds vote for election so that
the Speaker would represent more of the population.

Note that Boehner has several times violated the Hassert rule and that both parties have followed
a similar rule to a certain degree, From: http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/up-front/posts/2013/01/17-hastert-rule-binder ).


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