But there’s still no guarantee the GOP’s next pick for speaker will be able to secure the needed 217 votes on the House floor, as some lawmakers aren’t signing a “unity” pledge.

Three weeks after Kevin McCarthy’s ouster, House Republicans will gather behind closed doors Tuesday morning to nominate a new candidate for speaker — their third attempt to fill the job.

A GOP civil war has prevented Republicans from agreeing on a successor to McCarthy, R-Calif. The GOP’s two previous picks bowed out after they failed to secure the votes needed to win on the floor, leaving the House in a state of unprecedented chaos with a possible government shutdown less than a month away and wars raging in Ukraine and the Middle East.

“The world is burning around us, and American leadership is necessary. And you can’t have the full complement of American leadership if the House of Representatives is not functioning,” Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., said on NBC’s “Meet the Press NOW," emphasizing the need for his colleagues to move on and coalesce around a new leader.

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    “In each round Tuesday, the lowest vote-getter will be eliminated until a single candidate secures a simple majority of those in the room.”

    Ranked choice, how progressive ?!

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      The highest vote getter will be Jeffries. Oh wait, they’re ignoring half the chamber.

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      If there’s anything I know about American Fascists, it’s that if they promise not to vote for someone who’s not been nominated, and promise not to vote for someone who’s been eliminated, they are lying.

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    I love that they keep doing this behind closed doors so we don’t see them trying to kick each other’s asses.

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    Republicans that reach across the isle and vote for a democrat JUST to keep the country going will be looked back on as heroes.

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    US politics is delivering so many opportunities for eating popcorn. “The Speaker Show: Who Will Fail Today”, “Trump vs. the Law - Showdown in Court”.

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      Apparently, signing a pledge is required to help guarantee they won’t fuck each other.

      Narrator: They will fuck each other.

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    WASHINGTON — Three weeks after Kevin McCarthy’s ouster, House Republicans will gather behind closed doors Tuesday morning to nominate a new candidate for speaker — their third attempt to fill the job.

    The GOP’s two previous picks bowed out after they failed to secure the votes needed to win on the floor, leaving the House in a state of unprecedented chaos with a possible government shutdown less than a month away and wars raging in Ukraine and the Middle East.

    And you can’t have the full complement of American leadership if the House of Representatives is not functioning,” Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., said on NBC’s “Meet the Press NOW," emphasizing the need for his colleagues to move on and coalesce around a new leader.

    The party’s two previous nominees — Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio — came nowhere close to that magic number and were forced to drop out.

    Some lawmakers, including Reps. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., and Chip Roy, R-Texas, told reporters Monday as colleagues were meeting that they would not sign a “unity” pledge to support the speaker-designate before they knew who it was.

    ; Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, who previously owned McDonald’s franchises and sent burgers to colleagues Monday; former Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions of Texas; Jack Bergman of Michigan, a retired Marine Corps lieutenant general; Byron Donalds of Florida, a member of the far-right Freedom Caucus; and Austin Scott of Georgia, who challenged Jordan for speaker last week.


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    I bet they could get one elected if it was a combined vote for speaker and lower taxes on corporations, capital gains, and the wealthiest levels of income