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But the handful of conservative dissidents still had no realistic path to the speakership themselves. They had no viable alternative, which is how they wound up with Johnson in the first place after ousting former House Speaker, on the first ballot after a delay instead of the 15 ballots it took to install McCarthy two years ago. With the exception of Rep.
Since then, this approach has only made Republican speakers more reliant on Democratic votes to pass bills, especially to keep the government open or avoid defaulting on the federal debt. This has led to worse legislative outcomes, even if it has averted catastrophes that might hurt Republicans on Election Day.
McCarthy started passing legislation with more Democratic than Republican votes. Johnson had to pass legislation that did not have support from a majority of the House Republican Conference, in violation of the Hastert Rule, named after former House Speaker But there was no one to Johnson’s right who had a clear path to 218 votes. No one to his left could be elected speaker either, at least not without Democratic votes. Johnson had Trump’s endorsement. The presidential election results were due to be certified on Monday. There needed to be a speaker to usher in the new age of Republican governance.
“It doesn’t matter how conservative the speaker is if you can’t govern,” a leading House Republican told theMany conservatives signaled afterward their basic concerns about Johnson remain. So does the fundamental arithmetic problem. Republicans have a small majority. It is reliant on votes from members in bluish districts in California and New York, who cannot always vote the conservative line. Thedoesn’t have anything close to a majority itself. Neither does the Republican Study Committee.
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