Day 20 without a House speaker, 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.
Nine lower-level Republican 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. Senior-most is Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota, the former campaign chief who is now the GOP whip. But the gruff hockey coach is disliked by Donald Trump, potentially dooming his candidacy.
What started as swaggering bravado when a contingent of hardline Republicans led by Rep, Matt Gaetz of Florida ousted McCarthy at the start of the month has morphed into a full-blown crisis of governing as dysfunction and dangerous, bitter infighting prevent the normal operations of Congress. What had started as far-ight complaints over McCarthy's leadership in budget battles is now a string of political and personal grievances over various leaders, factions and personalities.
But when more centrist GOP conservatives in the House refused to back Jordan, worried about elevating a far-right Freedom Caucus founder as speaker, Trump was unable to salvage the Ohioan's nomination. The House Republicans dropped Jordan as their nominee late Friday. 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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