After Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) failed to become speaker of the House three times last week, nine Republicans have announced their intention to seek their conference's nomination.
Several House Republicans are running for speaker in the fourth round of voting after nominees Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) failed to receive the 217 votes necessary to become top leader of the House.
After Rep. Jim Jordan ended his unsuccessful bid, a new field of candidates has flooded the race. Most of them are now backing a pledge aimed at ensuring a House floor vote ends in an elected speaker.
A total of nine Republican congressmen have announced their candidacy to become the GOP House speaker nominee since previous speaker-designate Jim Jordan was kicked off the ballot on Friday.
Nine House Republicans are in the running to be the next House speaker after the GOP conference voted to move on from Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) after he failed to garner enough votes on the floor.
A crowded field of GOP lawmakers is competing for the House speaker’s job, now that the three leading Republican candidates have struck out in their attempts to secure enough votes to win the gavel.
(The Center Square) – Nine new Republican lawmakers have thrown their hat in the ring to become the next speaker of the U.S. House. Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik released the list of candidates, who had until noon Sunday to announce their candidacy.
The field to become the next speaker of the House swelled to nine Republican candidates Sunday as the GOP looks to end the weeks of chaotic intraparty squabbling.
House Republicans were meeting behind closed doors to grind through multiple votes to find a nominee for speaker, with several members vying for the post.
Having dispatched their speaker then rejected two popular GOP figures as replacements, the House Republicans on Tuesday will be voting instead on a hodge-podge of lesser-known congressmen for speaker, a powerful position second in line to the presidency.
House Republicans will meet privately to try nominating a new House speaker. The private session Tuesday could take all day before a nominee emerges. The plan is to have a House floor vote later this week.
House Republicans on Tuesday will be voting on hodge-podge of lesser-known congressmen for speaker, a powerful position second in line to the presidency
But there's still no guarantee the GOP's next pick for speaker will be able to secure the needed 217 votes on the House floor, as some lawmakers aren't signing a "unity" pledge.
House Republicans will gather behind closed doors this morning to nominate a new candidate for speaker. The House has been in chaos after Kevin McCarthy was ousted.
House Republicans are meeting Tuesday to choose a nominee for speaker after the party’s two previous candidates failed to secure enough support to win the job.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three weeks now since the ouster of Kevin McCarthy, House Republicans will meet privately to try nominating a new House speaker to accomplish
Three weeks now since the ouster of Kevin McCarthy, House Republicans are meeting privately Tuesday to try nominating a new House speaker to accomplish the
Republicans are expected to select a new House speaker nominee Tuesday as they scramble to find a path forward following Rep. Jim Jordan's exit from the race. Follow here for the latest on the race to elect a new speaker.
House Republicans will meet Tuesday morning to pick a new speaker nominee from a crowded field, though it remains unclear whether any candidate can lock down the 217 votes needed to ultimately win the gavel.
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