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on Thursday morning backed a plan to give more power to the temporary speaker who replaced Rep. Kevin McCarthy .
“They want somebody that will represent them in a conservative, honest, truthful manner,” Crane said. “Jim Jordan is my choice, and 87% of my district wants Jim Jordan as Speaker “If there’s a real proposal in front of us, it will have to reconvene and have that conversation,” he said Wednesday.
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