Moderates who have twice rejected Jordan are unwilling to support him now, while the Ohio Republican’s hard-right allies are refusing to allow a temporary speaker to gain more power.
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Jim Jordan fails again to win House speakership as colleagues seek options
Angry, frustrated Republican lawmakers are considering their options, including an extraordinary plan that would give the interim speaker-pro-tempore, Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., more power.
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Commentary: There’s no quick fix for Republican chaos in the House
The Republican fight over leadership is just a sideshow to the real battle: passing crucial spending bills.
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Republicans pick Jim Jordan as nominee for House speaker, putting job within the Trump ally’s reach
Electing Jordan, a founding member of the Freedom Caucus, to the powerful position second in line to the presidency would move the Republican’s far right into a central seat of U.S. power.
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House left leaderless as Republican Scalise ends speaker bid
After hours of private meetings over two days and late into Thursday evening at the Capitol, it was clear lawmakers were not budging from their refusal to support the Louisiana Republican.
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Republicans nominate Steve Scalise to be House speaker but struggle to unite and elect him
The House is gaveled into a brief session, then broke indefinitely, with next steps uncertain and Congress brought to a standstill by Republican infighting.
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After a week without a speaker, House Republicans are no closer to picking a new leader
House Republicans took the majority aspiring to operate as a team, and run government more business-like, but have drifted far from that goal.
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Commentary: House Republicans must take on Democrats – and some Republicans, too
They’re in for a messy transition after the chaotic and senseless removal of Kevin McCarthy.
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Commentary: The Republicans are squabbling. Democrats are leading. You choose
There’s no nihilism caucus among House Democrats eager to burn democracy – and their own party – to the ground.
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Maine Voices: Pivot away from blind pro-Ukraine militarism is just political brinkmanship
It’s discouraging that long-overdue public questioning of continued U.S. funding for Ukraine’s defense is being waged by the most extreme Republican partisans.