Republicans on Tuesday tapped Rep. Tom Emmer as their next speaker of the House, hoping to end a logjam that has paralyzed the House of Representatives for three weeks.
Republicans picked Tom Emmer to be the party's next candidate for the speaker of the House on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023.WASHINGTON — Republicans on Tuesday tapped Rep. Tom Emmer as their next candidate for speaker of the House, hoping to end a logjam that has paralyzed the House of Representatives for three weeks.Emmer was chosen from nine congressmen who declared their candidacy for the position. The House Republican Conference Chair, Rep.
that he was removing his name from consideration before Emmer was chosen following a series of votes by his colleagues. The GOP made its next pick for speaker 21 days after Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was ousted as speaker. The Oct. 3 vote made McCarthy the first House speaker to be removed from the position.
GOP members then turned to Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who was unable to collect the necessary votes in three rounds of balloting. Hours after his third attempt failed Friday on the floor of the House, Jordan lostOff-duty pilot in cockpit of flight out of Everett tries to shut down engines in mid-air
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