Jordan’s speaker bid gains steam with key endorsements
Ken Calvert, R-Calif., chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.
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Ken Calvert, R-Calif., chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.
Mike Kelly, R-Pa., also said he’d vote for Scalise on the floor.
Scalise, R-La., told Republicans in a closed-door meeting late Thursday night that he would drop out of the race.
Instead of kicking off the formal nominating speeches and votes on the floor Wednesday after coming into session at 3 p.m., Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick T. McHenry recessed the chamber. Rep.
Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., was among those who never voted for McCarthy, using earlier ballots to support Trump and Reps.
Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C., was named speaker pro tempore immediately after the vote, and called for a recess for members to discuss the matter. "The House will be paralyzed.
John Cornyn, R-Texas, just squinted inside a Capitol elevator when asked if he could imagine a path around a shutdown. Spoiler alert: He did not offer a potential way out.
there’s some controversy about whether or not we’ll make it even on our own side, even though nobody over here disagrees with the rule or disagrees with the bill," Rules Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla
House Financial Services Chairman Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C., helped negotiate the spending caps on behalf of Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.
Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Rep. Ami Bera, D-Calif., paid down loans this year they made more than a decade ago, while Rep.
"I think there will be more and more evidence that shows up about the Hunter Biden problem," Senate Judiciary ranking member Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Wednesday.
“[T]he Republican Party is increasingly defined by dismay over cultural and demographic change, which is leading to aging in its ranks and is surely compelling DeSantis and Haley to idealize the past,”
Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., before echoing Trump in bringing up Hillary Clinton’s dismissed case about her handling of emails while secretary of State: "What people are concerned about … is that when certain
members and their far-right allies last week shut down the chamber floor after opposing a rule for several bills they supported over frustrations about the debt and spending deal Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif
Ralph Norman, R-S.C., said conservative holdouts agreed to lift their blockade on unrelated floor action for now, though they were still working out how to handle spending bills.
Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., might have even felt ample pressure to drop his blockade of some military nominations.
Chip Roy, R-Texas, referring to the debt limit package. "We warned them not to cut that deal without coming down and sitting down and talk[ing] to us.
"This bill doesn’t get us to fiscal 2022 levels, and that in itself should be enough to vote against the rule," Freedom Caucus member Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., said.
"If you’re in the majority, you have the responsibility of running this place and and he seems to have a problem being able to do that," McGovern said, referring to Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.