Republicans tried, but failed, to elect a new speaker Tuesday, leaving the House on the verge of a third week in limbo while frustrated lawmakers plot to cut a bipartisan deal or vote to authorize a temporary speaker to conduct legislative business.
Rep. Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican, came up 17 votes short in a House floor vote Tuesday afternoon and wasn’t able to flip a sufficient number of holdouts by day’s end.
A group of Republican appropriators make up a large bloc of holdouts and they won’t budge until Mr. Jordan agrees to some demands, including restoring the original bipartisan spending caps in fiscal 2024 legislation that were later reduced in the House and have no chance of passing in the Democratic-led Senate.Other lawmakers are refusing to back Mr. Jordan because they are angry over the ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy, California Republican. Mr.
Some House Republicans are threatening to strike an unprecedented deal with Democrats to elect a speaker. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are interested in giving temporary powers to run the chamber to Rep. Patrick McHenry, a North Carolina Republican and chairman of the Financial Services Committee who was appointed temporary speaker after Mr. McCarthy was removed.
“Do I think that we should at least in the meantime look for a way to move our agenda forward? I think that’s probably a very prudent, smart move,” said Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida Republican who voted against Mr. Jordan.
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