Resources
Good Governance

8News: Spanberger says House Speaker vote getting in the way of governing

Jan 05, 2023
Good Governance
In the News

8NEWS, TANNOCK BLAIR

As Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) failed to win the 10th vote for Speaker of the House on Thursday, many are questioning the system of election.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) is among a number of lawmakers across the country who say that the arduous vote for a new House Speaker is getting in the way of governing.

Spanberger is the only Virginia lawmaker in the House Agriculture Committee tasked with passing a massive farm bill every few years.

“This is a monumental piece of legislation that every five years needs to be reauthorized and reworked,” Spanberger said. “[It] will require people who are committed to — not only doing the business of going back and forth and compromising and finding common ground building out coalitions — but also the most basic element of it which is governing.”

With 10 failed rounds of voting, the House surpassed the number it took the last time this happened 100 years ago. The longest session of voting started in late 1855 and dragged on for two months, with 133 ballots, during debates over slavery in the run-up to the Civil War.

Recent Posts

Oct 11, 2024
Social Security, Medicare, & Retirement

NEW: Spanberger Pens Op-Ed Urging Colleagues to Vote to Pass Her Bipartisan Bill to Eliminate WEP & GPO

The Bipartisan “Social Security Fairness Act” Would Eliminate Two Provisions of the “Social Security Act” That Unfairly Reduce Benefits for Millions of Americans Who Have Devoted Much of Their Careers to Public Service Thanks to the Congresswoman’s Effort to Force a Vote on the Legislation, the “Social Security Fairness Act” Will Come to the U.S. […]

Oct 10, 2024
Energy & Environment

Spanberger Urges Speaker Johnson to Call U.S. House Back to Capitol Hill to Pass Emergency Appropriations Funding Following Hurricanes Helene & Milton

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger is urging U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson to call Members of Congress back to Capitol Hill to pass supplemental appropriations funds to support Virginia’s communities and communities across the Southeastern United State in the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton. In a letter to Speaker Johnson, Spanberger and […]

Oct 10, 2024
Good Governance

NEW: Spanberger Ranked #1 Most Collaborative Member of Congress from Virginia, #3 in the Country

An “A” Bridge Grade is Given to Members of Congress Who Exemplify Governing Behaviors that Bridge Our Country Rather than Divide It WOODBRIDGE, Va. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger this week was ranked as the most collaborative Member of Congress from Virginia — and the third most collaborative lawmaker on Capitol Hill. Bridge Grades score […]