A new USA Today/Suffolk University poll finds that 2 out of 3 U.S. voters want Congress to quickly elect a new speaker of the house to prevent a government shutdown and provide aid to Israel and Ukraine.
A new USA Today/Suffolk University poll determined that 2 out of 3 U.S. voters want Congress to quickly elect a new speaker of the House to prevent a government shutdown and provide aid to Israel and Ukraine.
"We got to have a speaker, I don't think we're going to have anybody soon," George Ramge, 72, of San Diego, a building contractor and political independent told USA Today in the survey. "There's a lot of Hollywood politicians out there getting their time on TV, and I don't think they're really serving the people's purpose.
"How often do you see Democrats, Republicans, and independents agree on anything in D.C.?" said David Paleologos, director of Suffolk's Political Research Center. "Look at every demographic: gender, geography, age, race, education level, income, political philosophy, even those who trust CNN vs. Fox News. They are all speaking the same seven words in unison: 'Elect a speaker and do your job.
Potential successors House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, could not gather the 217-vote majority required to win the position during several rounds of balloting, the report said.
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