House GOP Crisis Deepens As Plan For Temporary Speaker Met With Angry Opposition: “Walking Republicans Off The Plank” – Update
deadline.comUPDATE, 11:57 a.m. PT: The Republican leadership chaos continues, as a plan to designate a temporary speaker has been sidelined and Rep.
Jim Jordan (R-OH) made plans for another floor vote. Jordan, who has failed in two votes to become speaker, earlier today embraced a plan in which a resolution would be offered so that the current speaker pro tem, Patrick McHenry, would get additional powers through January.
Jordan would have still been in the speaker race, but it would have given him more time to win over holdouts, which numbered 22 on Wednesday.
But in the closed door Republican conference meeting, there was a revolt among some members, particularly those on the far right, who viewed it as a coalition plan that would give additional power to Democrats.
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