The Republican conference is planning to meet Monday evening to hear from this new crop of nine candidates seeking to become House speaker.
Updated: 24 seconds agoRep. Jim Jordan gave up his bid for House speaker after failing to win the position after three rounds of voting last week. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post
All this is happening as Congress inches closer to a key deadline: The government will run out of funds in mid-November and shut down if the House and Senate do not pass a number of appropriations bills. Republicans have virtually frozen activity on the House floor for almost three weeks over their inability to choose a new leader.
“If given the opportunity to be your Speaker, we will use that same culture of teamwork, communication, and respect to build on the movements that brought us success, learn from our mistakes, and keep fighting for each and every one of you and our Republican majority,” he said. Hern, 61, a businessman who owned a number of McDonald’s franchises in Oklahoma, has been in Congress since 2018 and has chaired the Republican Study Committee since 2023. He voted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. During McCarthy’s speakership fight in January, Hern was nominated for the speakership as a protest candidate.House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman Rep.
Rep. Austin Scott emerged as a surprise speaker candidate last week when he ran against Jordan in a conference-wide vote to select the next speaker-designate, after Scalise declined to bring his speakership nomination to a full House vote. Once Jordan clinched the nomination, Scott backed out of the race and supported Jordan in all three rounds of voting.When it was clear Jordan would no longer be speaker-designate on Friday, Scott announced another bid for the speakership.
Donalds, 44, received several votes from his hard-right colleagues during the January speaker election, helping slow down McCarthy’s path to the gavel. “I have no special interests to serve; I’m only in this to do what’s best for our Nation and to steady the ship for the 118th Congress,” he said in a statement.
Rep. Mike Johnson formally announced Saturday that he’s in the speaker’s race, saying in a statement that he has been “humbled to have so many Members from across our Conference reach out to encourage me to seek the nomination for Speaker.”
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