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.
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., center, and Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa., right, the House GOP deputy whip, arrive as GOP members meet behind closed doors to try to elect a new speaker of the House, at the Capitol in …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 long list of candidates formed after Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio struck out on Friday in his third attempt to win the speaker’s gavel on the House floor. “Byron is the present & future of our movement. He’s the conservative leader we need to unite us as Republicans,” Mr. Gimenez said.Reps. Pete Sessions of Texas, Dan Meuser of Pennsylvania, Jack Bergman of Minnesota and Gary Palmer of Alabama are declared candidates, according to a list provided by Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, of New York.
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