Ali Vitali is a Capitol Hill correspondent for NBC News, based in Washington.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is floating a plan that would reinstall him as House speaker and make conservative Trump ally Rep. Jim Jordan the assistant speaker, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The pitch comes amid a prolonged impasse among Republicans, who have been unable to coalesce around a House leader for the past three weeks.
, who was one of the eight Republicans who joined with Democrats to oust McCarthy three weeks ago. While the idea might seem far-fetched — it has not been pitched broadly within the GOP Conference — it's being discussed among some Republicans after Rep. Tom Emmer, the third GOP nominee for speaker, dropped his bid on Tuesday just hours after securing the nomination. A source briefed on the proposal likened it to the arrangement Democrats had when Rep. Nancy Pelosi was speaker and Rep.
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