Deirdre Walsh
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Politics
Democrats zero in on Speaker Johnson in effort to flip House control
Johnson plays key political role raising money and driving campaign strategy as speaker. Democrats say the new speaker's policies make him an issue, but his low national profile could make that hard.
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Politics
Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson elected speaker of the House
House Republicans have elected Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., to be the next speaker. He will take office with just over three weeks before government funding expires on Nov. 17.
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Ohio Republican Jim Jordan fails again to get the votes needed to be House speaker
The House is still without a speaker after Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio failed a second ballot. The path to filling the job is still very unclear.
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Jordan struggles to get votes for gavel, some Republicans float temporary speaker
The House of Representatives remains paralyzed as House Republicans continue to be sharply divided about a path forward to elect the next speaker. Rep. Jordan's nomination goes to a second vote.
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After two weeks of chaos, House to vote on Jim Jordan for speaker of the House
The House is set to vote this afternoon on the nomination of Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to be speaker of the House.
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Jim Jordan makes second bid for speaker
The Ohio Republican lawmaker is trying again to secure the gavel after initially losing the nomination to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise. It's unclear whether he can rally the GOP behind him.
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Politics
Race for Speaker of the House slides into uncertainty, again
Less than a day after a majority of House Republicans selected Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., as the Speaker Designate, his support appeared to erode.
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Rep. Steve Scalise wins the House GOP speaker nomination
House Republicans picked the current majority leader for speaker by winning a majority of the Republicans' 222 votes in a closed-door, secret-ballot election. Timing for a floor vote remains unclear.
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Candidates for speaker of the House are beginning to emerge
The race is on to find a new speaker of the House. So far, there are two candidates: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio.
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Fate of House GOP leadership throws Congress into chaos
House Republicans are scrambling to coalesce around a small number of candidates to be Speaker of the House but the path to electing someone is unclear.