It has been an acrimonious internal fight, and several Republicans simply want it all to be over to get on with legislating. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Houston, said on Fox News that the debacle makes the party look “foolish.” Story by TexasTribune.
in the bid to thwart his speakership in closed-door party meetings. But they wouldn’t reveal until their votes on the floor Tuesday whom they would support.
“In the early days of the House of Representatives, individual members had the power to make a motion. If it’s seconded, you can debate it, you can have parliamentary engagement,” Roy told reporters. “And today it’s a handful of self-selected power brokers who make all the calls.” “You’re calling for unity? How about we unify around something meaningful? Like actually having a House of Representatives and a bunch of Republicans in a conference that are united to actually stand up for the people and do what we said we would do when we came here?” he said.Success! You're on the list.
“This hasn’t happened in generations, right? Literally have not seen this in generations,” Castro said. “But to me, it represents the the downward evolution, I guess, the devolution of the Republican Party since Donald Trump came along.” But unlike November’s party meeting, Tuesday’s vote includes the entire chamber, with Democrats united in voting against McCarthy. If he can’t draw more of his own party members to support him, he’ll be short of the 218-vote majority needed to win the gavel.
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