Looking at the ways in which the GOP is setting benchmarks with its internal discord.
Then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks as Rep. Jim Jordan , left, and then-House Minority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise , right, listen during a news conference in 2019. Republicans could elect a new speaker of the House this week. Or they might not. And nobody is holding their breath.. “So I think that we’re not just going to be here for a couple extra days. My money says weeks.”, setting up a floor battle that could go any number of ways.
There is currently debate within the GOP about whether it will continue to allow one member to force such a vote. But unless it, the GOP’s razor-thin majority and an unruly caucus of hard-right members make it entirely possible the motion against McCarthy won’t even be the only one this Congress.Theodore Pomeroy served one day in 1869 between Schuyler Colfax leaving for the vice presidency and Pomeroy’s own retirement from Congress. And Michael C.
Should the next election take seven ballots, this Congress will have moved into a tie for fourth place when it comes to how many times it voted on a new speaker.The GOP’s failure to elect a speaker could soon lead to a rather weird distinction: Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries might set a post-1913 record for most total votes for speaker, despite never winning the job and having received only a single vote before this year.
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