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Scramble for speakership

CQ Budget, Episode No. 295

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., is one of nine Republicans competing to win the GOP nomination for speaker.
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., is one of nine Republicans competing to win the GOP nomination for speaker. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

House Republicans head back to the drawing board this week in search of a speaker nominee who can win a majority vote. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Paul M. Krawzak dissect the new crop of candidates and how the race might unfold. They also assess the White House request for $106 billion in emergency aid for Ukraine, Israel and more.

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