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GOP's Jordan will back a temporary House speaker as he tries to shore up support, lawmakers say

By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press
Oct 19, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Refusing to drop out, Republican Rep. Jim Jordan told GOP colleagues Thursday he would back a temporary U.S. House speaker for the next several months as he...
GOP's Jim Jordan shoring up support, peeling off detractors ahead of House speaker vote

By Lisa Mascaro Associated Press
Oct 15, 2023 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON— Two weeks without a House speaker, Republicans will meet behind closed doors Monday evening to try to unite around their new nominee, far-right firebrand Rep...
GOP's Jim Jordan is shoring up support and peeling off detractors ahead of a House speaker vote

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent
Oct 15, 2023 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Two weeks without a House speaker, Republicans will meet behind closed doors Monday evening to try to unite around their new nominee, far-right firebrand Re...
Jim Jordan's rapid rise has been cheered by Trump and the far right. Could it soon make him speaker?

By BRIAN SLODYSKO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press
Oct 15, 2023 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Rep. Jim Jordan has such a reputation as a political brawler that former House Speaker John Boehner once said he'd never met someone "who spent more time te...
GOP's Scalise ends his bid to become House speaker as Republican holdouts refuse to back the nominee

By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI, STEPHEN GROVES and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press
Oct 12, 2023 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Republican Steve Scalise ended his bid to become House speaker late Thursday after hardline holdouts refused to back the party's nominee, throwing the GOP m...
Republicans pick Jim Jordan as nominee for House speaker, putting job within the Trump ally's reach

By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press
Oct 12, 2023 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Republicans chose Rep. Jim Jordan as their new nominee for House speaker on Friday during internal voting, putting the gavel within reach of the staunch all...
Republicans nominate Steve Scalise to be House speaker but struggle to unite quickly and elect him

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press
Oct 10, 2023 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Republicans nominated Rep. Steve Scalise on Wednesday to be the next House speaker but struggled to quickly unite their deeply divided majority and elect th...
A look at the contenders for House speaker and the demands they're facing from fellow Republicans

By STEPHEN GROVES, FARNOUSH AMIRI and LISA MASCARO Associated Press
Oct 06, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - For Republicans, it's a question with no clear answer: Who becomes House speaker after Kevin McCarthy? Despite former President Donald Trump's endorsement o...
Kevin McCarthy is out as speaker of the House. Here's what's next

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives is entering uncharted territory after a far-right effort to remove fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy from the speakership succee...
McCarthy becomes the first speaker ever to be ousted from the job in a House vote

By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press
Oct 03, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history that was forced by a contingent of hard-right ...

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