US House has no members, no rules as speaker race drags on
Associated PressWASHINGTON — As Republicans continue to squabble over who will be the next speaker, there are essentially no members in the U.S. House of Representatives — only members-elect. We’re looking at all of that now because this hasn’t happened for 100 years.” Former Rep. Billy Long of Missouri, who just retired, has been tweeting about what he calls “Bizaroland.” At one point he openly wondered in his Twitter bio whether he was still a congressman. “It’s a very strange limbo,” said Democrat Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania, who had hoped her visiting grandchildren would get to see her sworn in on Tuesday. “Madam speaker,” Republican Chip Roy of Texas said at one point, addressing the rostrum as members usually do, before correcting himself. But he added: “I don’t know if that’s written down.” Without a speaker, “there’s a lot we can’t do,” Cole said.
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