Eight candidates still standing for 9am ET vote after Dan Meuser of Pennsylvania dropped out
Photograph: Samuel Corum/AFP/Getty ImagesHouse Republican conference chair Elise Stefanik also revealed who would be giving the nominating speeches for the eight speaker candidates:The House Republican conference chair Elise Stefanik has laid out a schedule for the party’s upcoming vote to determine its nominee for speaker:
Today at 9 am, I will gavel in the House GOP Organizing Conference for the purpose of electing a Speaker. Each candidate will be nominated by one colleague. Votes will be cast by secret ballot with the candidate with the lowest vote total dropped from each subsequent secret…in the House have grappled with a historic bout of disarray, Democrats have sat back and watched, saying they wouldn’t help the GOP elect a speaker without concessions..
As the GOP gears up to nominate its third candidate for speaker, one Democrat has broken ranks to say they would be open to collaborating with the GOP to elect a leader for Congress’s lower chamber, but only with conditions. That’s Minnesota’sI would sit-out the Speaker vote if Tom Emmer will fund our government at negotiated levels, bring Ukraine and Israel aid bills to the floor, and commit to rules changes to make Congress work for the people.
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