Altars are being built and the mariachis are gearing up as the Dia De Los Muertos celebrations begin this weekend.
Nine GOP lawmakers are now running to be speaker, leader of the House and second in second in line to the presidency. — none with any clear shot for the gavel.House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., Rep. McHenry, R-N.C. and Rep. Joyce, R-Ohio at the Capitol Oct. 20, 2023. , and Republicans found themselves starting over on Monday — bumbling ahead with few ideas about who will lead, what they are fighting over and when they will get Congress working again.
Yet factional power plays are running stronger on Capitol Hill than any sense of urgency to resolve the standoff as the House Republicans are essentially eating their own — first by ousting McCarthy just nine months on the job, then rejecting the next nominees to take his place, Majority Leader Steve Scalise and hard-edged Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan.
Trump himself has largely stayed in the background, but his presence is everywhere. The former president who is now the Republican frontrunner to challenge Biden in 2024, helped sink Scalise's nomination by In the Senate, Republican leader Mitch McConnell who is trying to helm the party through a tumultuous time, has had little advice for his colleagues on the other side of the Capitol.
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