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Here's why its record-setting number of failed rules votes could possibly have a silver lining.
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Here's why its record-setting number of failed rules votes could possibly have a silver lining.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, faces an unclear path to the speakership after securing the GOP nomination. In the chaotic fight to replace recently ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Jordan has been making calls to shore up support for his bid after House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., the initial nominee, bowed out
The House has twice elected a speaker by plurality, giving the GOP a potential path to a speakership amid a raucous Republican caucus.
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Of all the things that happen in Washington, D.C., one of the least dramatic is the election of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. At least for the last century, that is. This year, for the first time since 1923, that election took more than one ballot. The 15 ballots it took to elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) grabbed attention, but the sound and fury kept many from understanding what the fuss was really all about.