Emily Jacobs is a congressional reporter for the Washington Examiner. She began her career at Fox News Channel as a ticker writer and then moved to the New York Post's politics team as a national political reporter.
Sen. Peter Welch said on Monday he would support empowering House Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry's authority to get the chamber functioning again — if he were still serving in the House.
Welch, a former House lawmaker who won his Senate seat last year, made the comments while speaking to reporters outside the Senate floor after a pro forma session, where one member quickly gavels the chamber in and out. The Vermont senator was asked about a centrist push to expand McHenry’s powers on an interim basis.Asked if he believed Democrats should support empowering McHenry if a vote on the matter comes to the floor, Welch replied:"Well that's up to them, but I would.
Hard-line conservatives had dismissed the effort to hold a vote on expanding McHenry’s powers, which was led by a number of House Republicans before ultimately falling apart on Friday, as a bid to form a"coalition government" with Democrats, whose votes would be needed to approve the measure.With that effort stalled, nine House Republicans are now vying to win over the entirety of the GOP conference. Whether any of them can do so remains to be seen.
The House has been in a state of paralysis for nearly three weeks as Republicans spar over who should be speaker, a dispute that has left the chamber unable to govern. Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s ouster marked the first time in U.S. history that a speaker was removed from office, and each of the attempts to replace him, led by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and then House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan , have failed.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Minnesota Democrat Dean Phillips eyes White House bid to unseat BidenToday's Video Headlines: 10/21/23
Read more »
BraveTart's House of Horror: How to Make a Super-Spooky Halloween Gingerbread HouseHow to make a (delicious) gingerbread haunted house for Halloween.
Read more »
Speakerless House: The longest the House has gone without a speakerJack Birle is a breaking news reporter for the Washington Examiner. A 2022 graduate of Villanova University with majors in communication and political science, he has previous journalism experience with the Center Square and as a fellow with the National Journalism Center. He was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in Southern California.
Read more »
Gaza Hospital Hoax: Michael Rapaport Hammers Democrat llhan Omar for Spreading ‘Bulls**t Fake News’Source of breaking news and analysis, insightful commentary and original reporting, curated and written specifically for the new generation of independent and conservative thinkers.
Read more »
NY voters oppose Democrat attempts to gerrymander congressional districts to thwart Republican candidates: pollGerrymandering was rejected by 72% of likely voters, while 81% of voters viewed the partisan political redistricting as cheating.
Read more »
Democrat Allegedly Cursing Out Staff in Leaked Audio Sparks BacklashRepresentative Sheila Jackson Lee has had a reputation over the years as a tough boss, with a tendency to 'abuse staff.'
Read more »