House Republicans gathered for the first time since last week’s historic vote to oust Kevin McCarthy, but the two-hour session left them no closer toward coalescing around a speaker nominee and a path forward.
McCarthy again declined to endorse in the race between House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan to succeed him as speaker.
Entering the meeting Tuesday, Scalise said he was confident that Republicans will begin voting Wednesday to elect a new speaker, arguing that they “need to get Congress back to work.”
While the impetus on Republicans to pick a new speaker escalated after the terrorist attack in Israel over the weekend, the House GOP conference remains bitterly divided over how it should proceed – and who can get the 217 votes needed to lead it.
Republicans are preparing for the prospect that neither Scalise nor Jordan can get the votes to be elected speaker, leaving the conference with no clear path forward.
In addition to the race between Scalise and Jordan, the conference is also divided over how the speaker nomination process would work, which would have major implications for who would be able to prevail.
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Mike McCaul called for a new speaker by Wednesday to avoid appearances of weakness and dysfunction amid war in Israel.
The original article contains 1,149 words, the summary contains 183 words. Saved 84%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
McCarthy again declined to endorse in the race between House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan to succeed him as speaker.
Entering the meeting Tuesday, Scalise said he was confident that Republicans will begin voting Wednesday to elect a new speaker, arguing that they “need to get Congress back to work.”
While the impetus on Republicans to pick a new speaker escalated after the terrorist attack in Israel over the weekend, the House GOP conference remains bitterly divided over how it should proceed – and who can get the 217 votes needed to lead it.
Republicans are preparing for the prospect that neither Scalise nor Jordan can get the votes to be elected speaker, leaving the conference with no clear path forward.
In addition to the race between Scalise and Jordan, the conference is also divided over how the speaker nomination process would work, which would have major implications for who would be able to prevail.
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Mike McCaul called for a new speaker by Wednesday to avoid appearances of weakness and dysfunction amid war in Israel.
The original article contains 1,149 words, the summary contains 183 words. Saved 84%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!