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The lawmakers opposing the would-be speaker’s bid can’t be called moderates, but they all share the belief that the government should actually function.

Thursday marked the 16th day without a House speaker.

Glimmers of hope in the Republican Party.

How low can we go before we actually take action? Politically speaking, it seems we are an angry and divided country right now. Throw any label you want a

The phones in Stauber's Capitol Hill office began ringing off the hook shortly after he voted 'no' on Jordan's second attempt to be elected House speaker.

The chaos in the House of Representatives continued on Thursday, as Republican representatives almost seemed to want to outdo the dysfunction of the beginning of the week. After losing two roll-call votes on the House floor, Representative Jim Jordan briefly endorsed empowering Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry to take the reins, a move that would allow the House to function normally and consider legislation. But Republicans emerged from a fraught three-and-a-half-hour meeting insisting that s

House Republicans are no closer to resolving their speaker drama. In fact, they may be even further away.

Several lawmakers were discussing granting Patrick McHenry, a North Carolina Republican acting as temporary speaker, the power to run the House until a permanent speaker is chosen.

U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly was the only remaining GOP member of Pennsylvania’s Congressional delegation to vote against Ohio Republican Jim Jordan.

A mystery challenger appears set to be part of a plan by moderate Republicans to block Representative Jim Jordan in his quest to become the new Speaker of the House.