Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) speaks at a information convention with feminine athletes, following the anticipated House passage of the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports” Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 20, 2023.
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Deeply divided Republican lawmakers this week are attempting to coalesce round a nominee for speaker of the House of Representatives for a 3rd time, after their two earlier candidates failed to safe sufficient backing in the get together.
The speaker race is now vast open with 9 GOP lawmakers operating for the get together’s nomination after Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan’s bid for the gavel failed in three votes last week.
The House has been leaderless for effectively over two weeks, with no decision in sight, leaving Congress paralyzed as the clock ticks towards a Nov. 17 deadline to keep away from a authorities shutdown. President Joe Biden has additionally known as on lawmakers to move pressing security assistance for Israel and Ukraine.
House Republicans will maintain a closed-door candidate discussion board at 6:30 p.m. ET Monday, with an inside get together vote scheduled for 9 a.m. ET Tuesday to choose the next GOP nominee.
Interim House Speaker Patrick McHenry of North Carolina mentioned he desires the nominee to face a House vote as quickly as Tuesday.
Republicans ditched Jordan on Friday. His failure got here after the get together’s unique nominee, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana, bowed out of the race as a result of he couldn’t safe sufficient GOP votes. It is deeply unsure whether or not any of the 9 candidates can succeed the place Jordan and Scalise failed.
Democrats have lined up in lockstep behind their nominee, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York. This means the GOP nominee can solely lose 4 Republican votes given the get together’s slender majority in the House.
Only two of the 9 GOP candidates, Majority Whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota and Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia, voted to certify President Joe Biden’s victory in 2020 presidential election. The different seven GOP speaker candidates objected to Biden’s victory in both Arizona or Pennsylvania or each, after a mob of former President Donald Trump’s supporters sacked the Capitol on Jan. 6 2021. All of the candidates voted in opposition to establishing a fee to examine the Jan. 6 riot.
Five of the 9 GOP candidates voted in September for short-term spending laws to keep away from a authorities shutdown.
These are the 9 Republican candidates.
Tom Emmer of Minnesota
U.S. House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) speaks with members of the media following passage in the House of a 45-day persevering with decision on September 30, 2023 in Washington, DC.
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Republican Majority Whip Tom Emmer has the backing of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California, whose ouster by a insurgent GOP faction triggered the present management disaster in the House.
“He units himself head and shoulders above all these others who need to run,” McCarthy mentioned of Emmer in an interview with NBC News on Sunday. “We want to get him elected this week and transfer on and produce this not simply get together collectively however deal with what this nation wants most.”
The Minnesota Republican voted to certify the 2020 presidential election outcomes. He voted to fund the authorities in September.
Austin Scott of Georgia
U.S. Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA), who completed second in voting behind Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) in a bid to become the next Speaker of the House, talks with reporters following a House Republican Conference assembly in an effort to choose a brand new chief for the U.S. House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 13, 2023.
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Rep. Austin Scott ran in opposition to Jordan for the GOP nomination earlier this month, however misplaced to the Ohio Republican. Jordan defeated Scott in a closed-door inside get together 124 to 81.
Austin subsequently backed Jordan’s speaker bid. The Georgia Republican mentioned he is re-entering the race now that Jordan has withdrawn.
“If we are going to be the majority we want to act like the majority, and meaning we now have to do the proper issues the proper manner,” Scott mentioned Friday in a social media submit on “X.”
Scott voted to certify the 2020 presidential election outcomes. He voted to fund the authorities in September.
Jack Bergman of Michigan
Rep. Jack Bergman
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Rep. Jack Bergman, a retired Marine Corps officer, slammed Republicans on Monday for leaving Washington with out electing a speaker.
Bergman warned Congress faces a ticking clock to move spending laws by Nov. 17 to keep away from a authorities shutdown.
“Congress needs to be in session each single day till we elect a Speaker and correctly fund the authorities,” Bergman mentioned on “X.”
The Michigan Republican objected to the 2020 presidential election ends in Arizona and Pennsylvania.
Bergman voted to fund the authorities in September.
Byron Donalds of Florida
U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) speaks to reporters on the steps of the Capitol after Donalds was nominated as a candidate for Speaker of the House throughout voting for a brand new Speaker on the second day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, January 4, 2023.
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Rep. Byron Donalds is a two-term lawmaker and member of the ultraconservative Freedom Caucus.
Republicans nominated Donalds a number of occasions in January in an effort to block McCarthy’s marathon bid to safe the gavel.
Donalds objected to the 2020 presidential election ends in Arizona and Pennsylvania.
The Florida Republican didn’t solid a vote on the spending laws in September.
Kevin Hern of Oklahoma
Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) speaks to the media after a committee assembly to focus on former President Donald Trump’s tax returns on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 20, 2022.
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Rep. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, chairman of the Republican research committee, mentioned the GOP wants to rally behind whoever wins the nomination.
“Without that, you’ve anarchy,” Hern informed Fox News on Monday.
“We cannot hold doing what we’re doing proper now,” Hern mentioned. “The world wants the House again open with what we’re seeing round the world, it is crucial that we get the Republican get together again in cost and America again in its management place.”
Hern objected to the 2020 presidential election ends in Arizona and Pennsylvania.
The Oklahoma Republican voted in opposition to funding the authorities in September.
Mike Johnson of Louisiana
Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference, speaks throughout a tv interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023.
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Rep. Mike Johnson is the GOP deputy whip and vice chairman of the Republican convention.
Johnson mentioned he beforehand deferred operating for speaker out of respect for Jordan, Scalise and Scott.
“It is incumbent upon us now to resolve upon a consensus candidate who can function a trusted caretaker and good steward of the gavel,” Johnson mentioned in a letter to GOP lawmakers.
Johnson objected to the 2020 presidential election ends in Arizona and Pennsylvania.
The Louisiana Republican voted in opposition to funding the authorities in September.
Dan Meuser of Pennsylvania
Newly elected House Representative Dan Meuser (R-PA) speaks to reporters throughout new members orientation at the Courtyard by Marriott, Navy Yard, in Washington, November 13, 2018.
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Rep. Dan Meuser is a businessman, member of the bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus, and former secretary of income in Pennsylvania.
Meuser mentioned Monday whoever wins the nomination wants to be sure that speaker’s workplace is inclusive so the slender GOP majority stays unified.
The Pennsylvania Republican informed Fox Business that Republicans’ failure to elect a speaker has made the get together “a part of the dysfunction of Washington.”
Meuser objected to 2020 presidential election ends in Pennsylvania, however not in Arizona.
He voted to fund the authorities in September.
Gary Palmer of Alabama
Republican U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer of Alabama, operating for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, seems in an undated handout photograph supplied October 11, 2022.
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Rep. Gary Palmer is chairman of the House Republicans’ coverage committee.
Palmer vowed in an announcement Sunday to transfer the get together past its inside divisions.
The Alabama Republican objected to the 2020 presidential election ends in Arizona and Pennsylvania.
Palmer voted in opposition to funding the authorities in September.
Pete Sessions of Texas
Rep. Pete Sessions, a Republican from Texas
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Rep. Pete Sessions mentioned Monday he would make border safety one among his high priorities as speaker.
Sessions indicated in an interview with Newsmax he would attempt to tie authorities funding to wall development on the southern border: “We should clear up our border difficulty,” Sessions mentioned.
Sessions has served in Congress since the Nineties. He led the House Republican marketing campaign arm when the GOP swept to victory in the 2010 midterm elections.
Sessions objected to the 2020 presidential election ends in Arizona and Pennsylvania.
The Texas Republican voted to fund the authorities in September.