Republican representatives Matt Gaetz and John Rutherford have each played key parts in the chaos surrounding the Speaker of the House.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — There was not a vote for a new Speaker of the House on Thursday in the House of Representatives. In fact, the person who failed in two recent Speaker of the House votes, choseand will consider to expand the role of the Interim Speaker. A lot of this chaos and political quagmire can be traced back to lawmakers from Florida.
Gaetz represents Florida's 1st Congressional District in the western panhandle. Rutherford represents Florida's 5th Congressional District, which encompasses parts of Duval and St. Johns counties. Gancarski says that other than their party affiliation, they're very different people. Rutherford called for a consensus candidate for Speaker of the House, which is an unlikely outcome considering the battlelines are already being drawn by members of the same party.
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