As members filed into the House Chamber Wednesday to vote on the next House speaker, one could sense the mood among Republicans moving from 'cautiously optimistic' to 'supremely confident' that they finally had a winning candidate.
As members filed into the House chamber Wednesday afternoon to vote on the next House speaker, one could sense the mood among Republicans moving from "cautiously optimistic" to "supremely confident" that they finally had a winning candidate to succeed dethroned Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
In addition, the 20 members who left the Conference before the final vote all say they are committed to Johnson in the vote for speaker by the full House.
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