David Sivak manages the Congress and campaigns team at the Washington Examiner, where he previously led the copy desk for three years. He was previously an editor at the Daily Caller, helping to stand up the outlet’s fact-checking arm. His work has been cited in publications ranging from Fox News to the Washington Post.
A bitter race for House speaker has devolved into a free-for-all as nine candidates vie to become the third GOP nominee in three weeks.
Rep. Kevin Hern , the head of the Republican Study Committee, is expected to advance past the first round, while two others, Reps. Byron Donalds and Jack Bergman , have attracted early endorsements from members of their home states.Jordan's candidacy died after three failed votes on the House floor, while Majority Leader Steve Scalise , the conference's first pick for speaker, dropped out rather than suffer the same fate.
The dynamic is fundamentally the same one that defined the speakership of McCarthy, who won the gavel after 15 rounds of voting and deep concessions to his right flank. A handful of hard-liners, unhappy with his decision to avoid a government shutdown, deposed him nine months later. Since then, Rep. Mike Flood has proposed another possible off-ramp — a"unity pledge" to back the eventual speaker nominee that all candidates except Donalds have signed. Members of the conservative Freedom Caucus are opposed to such a pledge.
Emmer, should he emerge the speaker-designate, does not have the same baggage as McCarthy did with the Freedom Caucus. He counts Rep. Andy Biggs , the group's former chairman, as an ally.
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