Speaker of the House? In this political economy??
Rep. Jim Jordan , a contender to succeed Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker, makes his way through a group of reporters. Just before the work day ended on Tuesday, a hot new job dropped on the Washington market. “The U.S. House of Representatives seeks a Speaker of the House based in Washington D.C.,”The posting was a gag, but the vacancy is very real. The House is desperately in need of a speaker. Anyone interested?“Anyone who would want this job right now is crazy,” said Rep.
Let’s recap. Rep. Kevin McCarthy , who sat through 15 rounds of voting in January to get the speaker job in January thanks to a stubborn faction on the GOP’s right flank, got dumped by a coalition of ticked-off colleagues, which included eight members of his own caucus. The weapon: a motion to vacate,that had essentially made him a hostage to his in-party rivals even after he got the gavel.
A couple of Republicans have already submitted their cover letters: Rep. Steve Scalise , who had been McCarthy’s second-in-command as majority leader, declared his intention to run with “a strong sense of responsibility and purpose.” Rep. Jim Jordan , the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, asked his colleagues to back his bid “at a critical crossroad in our nation’s history.”The morning after McCarthy’s ouster had similar vibes to a school on a professional development day.
marble busts commemorating the achievements of others. The tenures of the speakers honored here are immortalized in gold leaf with their likenesses. Most served through several sessions of Congress — years, in other words, not months. McCarthy held the gavel for 269 days.Nobody knows how long the next speaker might serve, or how that person will be remembered. They just know that“We just need to get a speaker selected and get our job done,” said Rep.
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