Question: why does the Senate have a secret vote for leader and the house a public vote for speaker?
Both parties in the House have closed door votes for their party leadership. They just elect a Speaker when they are in session. The Senate didn't start out with a Majority Leader. That position only became official after the 1912 elections.
The house speaker is voted on by the entire house. The senate majority leader is chosen by just their party.
This is to avoid any controversy with each other? The secret vote?
I would think so. Look what the public vote does in the House lately. Yikes.
The leaders of the dems and repubs in the house was chosen in secret. Fo you have a problem with that?
Nothing but curiosity. Ill be nice right now.Its a beautiful morning here.
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Question: why does the Senate have a secret vote for leader and the house a public vote for speaker?
Both parties in the House have closed door votes for their party leadership. They just elect a Speaker when they are in session. The Senate didn't start out with a Majority Leader. That position only became official after the 1912 elections.
The house speaker is voted on by the entire house. The senate majority leader is chosen by just their party.
This is to avoid any controversy with each other? The secret vote?
I would think so. Look what the public vote does in the House lately. Yikes.
The leaders of the dems and repubs in the house was chosen in secret. Fo you have a problem with that?
Nothing but curiosity. Ill be nice right now.Its a beautiful morning here.