by jpitney | Oct 25, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives
Meredith McGraw and Alex Isenstadt at Politico: Just hours after Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) won the Republican Conference’s nomination to be House speaker on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to deride the congressman as “totally out-of-touch...
by jpitney | Oct 21, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives
Donald Wolfensberger at The Hill: Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) introduced a resolution (H. Res. 787) last Monday to elect McHenry to that elevated role with a sunset date of Nov. 17, or upon the election of a Speaker. The prospect of such a hybrid speakership, however,...
by jpitney | Oct 20, 2023 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives, Violence
U.S. Congressman Drew Ferguson (GA-03) today released the following statement regarding the Speaker of the House vote: “As the Republican Conference designee, I supported Congressman Jordan on the first ballot. Following the first vote, I had genuine concerns about...
by jpitney | Oct 19, 2023 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives, Violence
A release from Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA): Yesterday, I voted to support Jim Jordan’s candidacy for Speaker of the House. I voted for Jim Jordan for the greater good of the House Republican party, based on our Conference meeting and the test Speaker ballot...
by jpitney | Oct 16, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives
Jill Lawrence at The Bulwark: The speaker of the House is right behind the vice president in the presidential line of succession. A speaker might have to preside over a disputed presidential election. A speaker in theory could even manufacture disputes by leading his...
by jpitney | Oct 15, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives
Paul Kane at WP: Jordan’s allies have signaled a political-roughshod campaign that will dare his opponents to vote against the far-right Republican in the public, alphabetical roll call on the House floor. They hope they will crumble from fear of retribution from...
