Race continues as Representative Jim Jordan bids on receiving more counts from GOP
Rep. Jim Jordan speaks to the press at the Capitol in Washington on Friday. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters In a news conference Friday morning, Rep. Jim Jordan made it clear he has…
House in limbo as Jordan continues speaker bid despite stiff GOP resistance
CNN — The House remains paralyzed with no end in sight to the Republican leadership crisis as GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio continues his bid for speaker despite facing…
Jordan faces grim prospects in speaker’s fight after whirlwind week for House GOP
CNN — After a series of setbacks, Republicans ended the week no closer to electing a new speaker as deep internal divisions have left the conference struggling to govern and…
GOP leadership crisis deepens as House remains paralyzed with no end in sight to speaker’s race
CNN — Republicans are confronting a deepening leadership crisis that has left the House paralyzed with no clear path to elect a new speaker, after an effort to replace Kevin…
House GOP conference remains bitterly divided amid fight to find next speaker
CNN — House Republicans gathered for the first time since last week’s historic vote to oust Kevin McCarthy, but the two-hour session left them no closer toward coalescing around a…
Many in House GOP caution against tying Israel and Ukraine aid together
CNN — The Biden administration and congressional Democrats are weighing tying legislation for additional military support for Israel with military assistance for Ukraine, setting up a showdown with congressional Republicans…
GOP braces for messy fight over speakership as McCarthy doesn’t rule out a return to power
CNN — House Republicans remain badly divided over their two choices for speaker in the aftermath of the ouster of Kevin McCarthy from the speakership – and are bracing for…
The next GOP speaker will face the same traps that doomed McCarthy
CNN — Getting rid of Kevin McCarthy didn’t solve anything. Whoever succeeds the former House speaker will need to defuse the hazardous and self-defeating political forces inside the Republican conference…
DeSantis supports 15-week federal abortion ban for first time in second GOP debate
CNN — Sen. Tim Scott on Wednesday successfully pinned down Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for the first time on whether he would support a 15-week federal abortion ban. “Yes, I…
Government shutdown imminent as GOP divisions on full display after late night votes
CNN — Divisions among House Republicans were on display Thursday as tensions erupted during a closed-door meeting and later the chamber convened with late night votes as a government shutdown…