For 2 weeks, there was no Speaker of the Home. After Kevin McCarthy was ousted, Republicans tried to push a substitute. First, there was Majority Chief Steve Scalise, after which a second possibility emerged: controversial Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). However after two votes, Republicans didn’t rally behind Jordan, a conservative generally known as a founding member of the Home Freedom Caucus.
Mariana Sotomayor is breaking down Why did not Republicans unite behind Jordan? And what the celebration is considering now about easy methods to legislate with out a everlasting president.
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