The hard-right Republican lawmakers, including some who ousted McCarthy, don’t like the idea.
Temporary House leader Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., talks with Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, as Republicans try to elect Jordan in a second ballot to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. told GOP colleagues Thursday he would back a temporary U.S. House speaker for the next several months as he works to shore up support to win the gavel himself.to give the interim Speaker Pro-tempore Rep.
“I did not ask for additional powers,” said McHenry of North Carolina Republican who is well-liked by his colleagues and viewed as a highly competent legislator. “My duty is to get the next speaker elected. That’s my focus.”“Asinine,” said Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, a leader of far-right House Freedom Caucus.
Next steps were highly uncertain Thursday as angry, frustrated Republicans looked at other options. Some predict the House could stay essentially shuttered, as it has been almost all month, until the mid-November deadline for Congress to approve funding or risk a federal government shutdown. The House has been thrown into chaos and inaction for 16 days now without a speaker — a position of power second in line to the presidency.
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