We are joined by Anthony Andragna politicos congressional rerter. Thankre you for being with us. The headline ofour ardor got political. Com and you may not have written this, it reads it song, the bear knuckle battle for house gop leadership spots. How was the reshaping of . Its shaping up chaotically and i think we dont have a good sense for how quickly do will be settled. Something ive heard from rankandfile members that ive spoken with today is that nobody has a clear path to 218 and that may change. Obviously the house is out right now and they are going to be assigning each other in the Candidate Forum form with the idea of holding an election on wednesday. Even at this point with two declared candidates its not clear whether or not theres a real clear path for someone to get what they need to be elected speaker. Are we hearing whether any of the candidates may jump in . My colleague reported congressman kevin curran is taking a close look at the race and thereve been other names bandied about as well as though we have not heard serious rumblings that other people will get in but i think what we may, one possibility is if neither Steve Scalise nor jim jordan is able to get those votes they need to be elected speaker somebody else who isnt on our radar at this point will come out. Obviously thats many steps down the road but im not wasting the whole roster of those that are throwing their names into the ring. To get to 218 majority its going to take some of those eight republicans devoted to remove Speaker Mccarthy to hold the balance of power. Do we know what they want . Well in many ways they do holdf quite a bit of power thai would look at a different faction greater number of people and something occurred from multiple members who aree just o upset with how things played out yesterday ont the floor with former speaker mig carthy that they are not prepared to back anybody yet. Whether or not that changes in how they select a candidate we will have deceived that i think they will have to hear, one of the things we have heard mentioned a lot of times today has been a need for the rules to the change they cant just trigger the ouster of speakers with one person. You will have to also address allowed the concerns that some of those members may have. Whoever emerges as the frontrunner for the ultimate victor will have to address those concerns in the conference. Anthony andragna from politico what role might the temporary speaker Patrick Mchenry play . Its a great question something occurred in an unprecedented stay. Theres never been a successful effort to oust a speaker and so the caretaking rolled has been tested before. Ive heard from several members who consulted with the parliamentarian in the rules committee and they believe hell running for speaker making sure thebl house is able to function at some capacity but the real limit to this power has yet to be tested. They certainly havent looked at it against legal scrutiny. Itll be interesting to see how they approach this. Ive been speaking with members of the press in the hallway so well have to wait and see exactly how republicans view that. What role could apply perhaps asnf we look into the next spear should . Another great point. Its close with former Speaker Mccarthy so as to whether or not how much that plays a role of the conference that remains uncertain but hes someone to watch if this race take shape and is against more seriouwi people trying t rally support. Congressman jim jordan o ohio. And Steve Scalise of ohio making their announcement they are running for speaker. What are their Campaign Speeches to the members at the start of the race . . At we will have to wait and see. Obviously there has been a lot of talk of needing to address the border and trying to get the preparations process down to each of the 12 spending bills. Those will be key priorities for something we have heard from members today is they are trying to figure h out what the differences may be. Both of these are obviously membersbv who have lengthy conservative voting voting records and both have been prominent leaders in scalise has been in Republican Leadership are quite well and congressman jordan is the leader of the judiciaryan committee so they ae wellknown throughout the conference. Think how they distinguish between themselves is going to be worthy of close attention as the race takes shape. Finally going back to the headline and article in politico. Com the refer to so while we are focusing on the speaker on on who gets elected it will open up a cascade. Absolute in that something is worth watching. We have seen that majority whip announced his intention to run for majority leader. A lot of those offices will to depend on who emerges at the top. Obviously if leaders scalise is not elevated to speaker he might stay as majority leader. Anyway theres going to be a whole cascade of people moving chairs around depending on how the speaker election emerges. Well have to wait and see exactly in terms of the other side of Republican Leadership. Anthony andragna political on x at Anthony Andragna. The resolution is adopted. Without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The office of speaker of the house of the United States house of representatives is hereby declared vacant