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House Republicans held a closed-door forum Monday night as the party attempts to select a House Speaker candidate that can unite the party. The forum started with nine candidates, but Rep. Dan Meuser soon withdrew his nomination, telling reporters he had “made some commitments actually to President Trump to help lead his campaign in Pennsylvania.” The eight remaining candidates made their pitches to the party.quoted Rep.
Eight candidates from across the Republican ideological spectrum presented their pitch to their party Monday in another closed-door meeting, a rare event that has become commonplace in recent weeks. Republicans have been without a leader since they removed Kevin McCarthy as speaker earlier this month and...The House is hearing from eight candidates for the gavel as it approaches a full three weeks without a Speaker.
Two Speaker nominees have dropped out of the race after it became clear they would be unable to get 217 votes on the House floor. Some lawmakers are expressing pessimism about anyone being able to get over that threshold. But Republicans are set to try again. They are holding a Speaker forum Monday evening to hear from the nine candidates who filed to run for the position and hold an...Less than an hour into the House Republicans’ forum for hearing from would-be speakers, the number of candidates is already down by one.There are now eight Republicans vying to be speaker three weeks into the position being vacant.
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was removed when eight Republicans joined all House Democrats in supporting a motion to vacate.
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