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Rep. Pete Sessions has held leadership positions in the House before, but now he is running for the highest position, speaker of the House.
Sessions led the NRCC, the campaign arm of House Republicans, from 2009-2013 and led the group when Republicans gained 63 seats in the House in 2010, the largest net gain by Republicans since 1946. While he would not provide specifics on his plan to avoid a shutdown or what a continuing resolution he would put forward would look like, he did emphasize that it would have to be done starting “this week,” and if elected speaker, he wants to spend “the next few weeks” focusing on avoiding a government shutdown and sending something to the Senate before they can send something to the House.
Candidates are set to make their pitch to the entire House Republican Conference on Monday at 6:30 p.m., where they will each get a chance to make an opening statement and answer questions from their colleagues.
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