The position has caused factional strife between right-wing hardliners and mainstream Republicans this year.
The US House of Representatives will meet again this morning to choose their speaker nominee through a series of secret ballots.
Republicans are due to meet again this morning to begin choosing their nominee behind closed doors, through a series of secret ballots. The speaker position has this year been a flashpoint for factional strife between right-wing hardliners and more mainstream Republicans. McCarthy has endorsed Emmer, stressing his experience in working to marshall party votes on major legislation since January, when Republicans became the majority party. But Emmer could face an uphill battle if hardliners oppose him.
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