Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Friday endorsed Republican Majority Whip Tom Emmer to succeed him after GOP lawmakers voted to remove Rep. Jim Jordan as their designated candidate for speaker.
Mr. Emmer of Minnesota, the chamber’s No. 3 Republican leader, began making calls to his fellow Republicans to determine if he had enough support to win the nomination, a Capitol Hill source told The Washington Times.
“He is the right person for the job. He can unite the conference. He understands the dynamics of the conference. He also understands what it takes to win and keep a majority,” Mr.Prior to becoming majority whip, Mr. Emmer, a fifth-term lawmaker from the Minneapolis suburbs, led the National Republican Congressional Committee from 2019 through 2023.lawmakers voted to give up on the conservative Mr. Jordan’s quest for the gavel.
Among those who have declared their candidacy for speaker or are considering it are Republican Study Committee Chairmen Kevin Hern of Oklahoma,House Republicans on Monday will hold another candidates’ forum behind closed doors, after more than two weeks in which the House has been effectively shut down as it awaits a permanent new speaker.
Mr. Jordan’s detractors included House appropriators who did not support his plans to drastically reduce federal spending.
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