House Republicans and their new majority had a turbulent first day in the new Congress on Tuesday after GOP hard-liners and centrists failed to elect a speaker to lead the chamber. Here are the top takeaways:
WASHINGTON – House Republicans and their new majority had a turbulent first day in the new Congress on Tuesday after GOP hard-liners and centrists failed to elect a speaker to lead the chamber.
"We all came here to get things done," Rep. Steve Scalise, the House GOP whip, said in a floor speech ahead of the vote on a third ballot. The reality is Rep. Kevin McCarthy doesn’t have the votes. I committed my support to him publicly and for two votes on the House Floor. 218 is the number, and currently, no one is there. Our conference needs to recess and huddle and find someone or work out the next steps…"Our conference needs to recess and huddle and find someone or work out the next steps, but these continuous votes aren’t working for anyone,"Donalds said in a tweet Tuesday.
Emerging as a potential GOP alternative was Ohio's Jim Jordan, a firebrand who has allies in both the Freedom Caucus and McCarthy's inner circle.
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