Republicans on Monday were no closer to picking a new House speaker, leaving the chamber rudderless and GOP lawmakers shut out from legislating amid calls for Congressional action on behalf of besieged Israel.
House Republicans huddled in the basement of the Capitol late Monday to begin closed-door deliberations about who should replace Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who was ousted as speaker last week in an unprecedented move by a handful of rogue conservatives.
Republicans need roughly 217 votes to elect a GOP speaker on the House floor, which means nearly all of the conference will have to agree on a candidate. “He’s the first-choice candidate of some people,” Mr. Issa said of Mr. Jordan. “Kevin is the first candidate of a lot of people. Scalise is the first candidate of a lot of people. The question is, who’s the last candidate to get to that 217?”
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