{"id":26945,"date":"2023-10-11T13:59:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T13:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/10\/11\/house-republicans-running-into-trouble-trying-to-nominate-new-speaker\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:05:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:05:50","slug":"house-republicans-running-into-trouble-trying-to-nominate-new-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2023\/10\/11\/house-republicans-running-into-trouble-trying-to-nominate-new-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans running into trouble trying to nominate new speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stalemated over a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mccarthy-gaetz-speaker-motion-to-vacate-congress-327e294a39f8de079ef5e4abfb1fa555#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20Speaker%20Kevin,its%20Republican%20leadership%20into%20chaos.\">new House speaker<\/a>, the Republican majority is scheduled to convene behind closed doors to launch internal party voting but lawmakers warn it could take hours, if not days, to unite behind a nominee after <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/house-speaker-ousted-mccarthy-3fccfca11fe61c36fe399880f2679f12\">Kevin McCarthy\u2019s ouster<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two leading contenders Wednesday for the gavel, Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, appear to be splitting the vote among their Republican colleagues. They outlined their visions at a lengthy candidate forum ahead of the private balloting.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2023\/10\/10\/tuberville-says-former-cia-director-threatened-him-over-abortion-fight\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1678767802.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Tuberville says former CIA director threatened him over abortion fight<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Retired Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden made the questionable comments on social media Monday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McCarthy, meanwhile, who had openly positioned himself to reclaim the job he just lost, told his colleagues not to nominate him this time. Instead, at Tuesday\u2019s late evening candidate forum, he read a poem from Mother Teresa and delivered a unity prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t know how the hell you get to 218,\u201d Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, said afterward, referring to the majority vote typically needed to seize the gavel. \u201cIt could be a long week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Republicans took the majority aspiring to operate as a team, and run government more like a business, but have drifted far from that goal. Just 10 months in power, the historic ouster of their House speaker \u2014 a first in the U.S. \u2014 and prolonged infighting has brought the House to a standstill at a time of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/israel-hamas-war-live-updates\">crisis at home and abroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, as House Republicans push ahead toward snap elections Wednesday aimed at finding a new nominee for speaker, the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kevin-mccarthy-republican-lawmakers-house-opponents-33c7d984964916f29d548b5b1dfe508b\">hard-right coalition of lawmakers<\/a> that ousted McCarthy has shown what an oversized role a few lawmakers can have in choosing the successor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am not thrilled with either choice right now,\u201d said Rep. Ken Buck, a Colorado Republican who voted to oust McCarthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both Scalise and Jordan are working furiously to shore up support. Both are easily winning over dozens of supporters and could win a majority of the 221 Republicans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5630\" height=\"3753\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23278552210142.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23278552210142.jpg.jpg 5630w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23278552210142.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23278552210142.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23278552210142.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23278552210142.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23278552210142.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5630px) 100vw, 5630px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE\u2014Then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., left, confers with Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., during a news conference, at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 14, 2022. Scalise, who has long sought the top post, is a leading contender to replace McCarthy as speaker of the House after he was voted out of the job by a contingent of hard-right conservatives this week. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it\u2019s unclear if either Scalise or Jordan can amass the votes that would be needed from almost all Republicans to overcome opposition from Democrats during a floor vote in the narrowly split House. Usually, the majority needed would be 218 votes in the 435-seat House, but there are currently two vacancies, dropping the threshold to 217.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many Republicans want to prevent the spectacle of a messy House floor fight like the grueling January brawl when McCarthy became speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPeople are not comfortable going to the floor with a simple majority and then having C-SPAN and the rest of the world watch as we have this fight,\u201d said Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla. \u201cWe want to have this family fight behind closed doors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some have proposed a rules change that Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., the interim speaker pro tempore, is considering to ensure a majority vote during closed balloting Wednesday before the nominee is presented for a full floor vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McCarthy himself appeared to agree with a consensus approach. \u201cThey shouldn\u2019t come out of there until they decide that they have enough votes for whoever they bring to the floor,\u201d McCarthy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But short of a rules change, Republican lawmakers would be expected to agree to a majority-wins process \u2014 whichever candidate wins the internal private vote would be given the full backing of the Republicans on the House floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s no guarantee \u2014 with trust low among House Republicans and tensions high, those normal protocols could be challenged. Both Scalise and Jordan indicated they would support the eventual nominee, lawmakers said. But many lawmakers remained undecided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While both are conservatives from the right flank, neither Scalise nor Jordan is the heir apparent to McCarthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scalise as the second-ranking Republican would be next in line for the gavel and is seen as a hero among colleagues for having survived severe injuries from a mass shooting during a congressional baseball practice in 2017. Now battling blood cancer, the Louisianan is not a clear lock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to go get this done,\u201d Scalise said as he exited the candidate forum. \u201cThe House is going to get back to work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"2667\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23278569321214.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23278569321214.jpg.jpg 4000w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23278569321214.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23278569321214.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23278569321214.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23278569321214.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23278569321214.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1366 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4000px) 100vw, 4000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE &#8211; Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, center, is flanked by Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., left, and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, D-Calif., as they criticize Democrats for launching a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. Jordan, now chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, is emerging as a contender to replace House Speaker Kevin McCarthy who was voted out of the job by a contingent of hard-right conservatives this week. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jordan is a high-profile political firebrand known for his close <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-speaker-mccarthy-capitol-hill-432f89f6826b2b4f51990ae4b4d293fb\">alliance with Donald Trump<\/a>, particularly when the then-president was working to overturn the results of the 2020 election, leading to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Trump has backed Jordan\u2019s bid for the gavel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scalise and Jordan presented similar views at the forum about cutting spending and securing the southern border with Mexico, top Republican priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several lawmakers, including Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who engineered McCarthy\u2019s ouster said they would be willing to support either Scalise or Jordan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think it\u2019s a competitive race for speaker because we\u2019ve got two greats,\u201d said Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barr said he was working to help secure votes for Scalise, but would be comfortable with either candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Others though, particularly more centrist conservative Republicans from districts that are narrowly split between the parties, are holding out for another choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Still with McCarthy\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPersonally, I\u2019m still with McCarthy,\u201d said Rep. David Valadao, a Republican who represents a California district not far from the former speaker\u2019s district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ll see how that plays out, but I do know a large percentage of the membership wants to be there with him as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McCarthy headed into the evening forum insisting he was not, at the moment, a candidate for speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the California Republican gave a nod to his own short track record as speaker \u2014 being ousted by the far-right flank after he led Congress to approve a stopgap spending bill to prevent a disruptive federal government shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think it\u2019s important whoever takes that job is willing to risk the job for doing what\u2019s right for the American public,\u201d McCarthy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For now, McHenry is effectively in charge. He has shown little interest in expanding his power beyond the role he was assigned \u2014 an interim leader tasked with ensuring the election of the next speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The role was created in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to ensure the continuity of government. McHenry\u2019s name was at the top of a list submitted by McCarthy when he became speaker in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While some Republicans, and Democrats, are open to empowering McHenry the longer he holds the temporary position, that seems unlikely as the speaker\u2019s fight drags on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McHenry told reporters it\u2019s \u201cmy goal\u201d to keep to the schedule to hold a House speaker election on Wednesday. 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