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The Republican caucus met for nearly four hours to consider their options in a reportedly tense meeting on Thursday. Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy reportedly “screamed” at Rep. Matt Gaetz to “sit your a** down.” McCarthy later denied yelling at Gaetz, saying, “I think the entire conference screamed at him… Listen, the whole country, I think, would scream at Matt Gaetz right now.
Facing an increasingly imperiled bid to become speaker due to lack of support within the conference, Jordan had told House Republicans on Thursday morning that he would instead support expanding McHenry’s authority to get the chamber functioning again temporarily.House Republicans are abandoning a push to empower a temporary speaker, Rep. Patrick McHenry, after it faced fierce pushback within the party on Thursday.
As they left a nearly four-hour internal meeting about the idea, multiple Republicans said there was no virtually no path forward. The proposal, which may still come back for a vote at some point, would have allowed McHenry and the GOP to reopen the House after 16 days without a speaker.The House will hold a vote for speaker later Thursday to give Republican nominee Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio a third shot at the gavel as he struggles to convince nearly two dozen holdouts to back him.
The stalemate, now in its third week, has empowered Democrats in the minority to ambitiously eye a deal to elect a speaker with some frustrated Republicans who would give them more power and perhaps an equal say over the agenda. ‘Everything Is Just Stuck.’ No Matter What Happens to Jim Jordan, the Next Speaker Is In For a World of Trouble.
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