#GOP ditches Jordan and scrambles for Speaker: Five takeaways

#GOP ditches Jordan and scrambles for Speaker: Five takeaways

House Republicans ditched Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as their nominee for Speaker on Friday, thrusting the GOP conference back to square one and escalating the chaos that has ensnared the group for nearly three weeks. Jordan is the second Speaker nominee to be rejected by House Republicans. Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), who initially clinched…

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#Conservative leaders endorse Jim Jordan for Speaker

#Conservative leaders endorse Jim Jordan for Speaker

Conservative leaders from multiple organizations signed a letter Friday announcing their collective endorsement of Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to become the next House Speaker, citing his consistent conservative record. “Congressman Jim Jordan has consistently been on the front lines for the Conservative Movement and all Americans since elected,” the leaders said in a joint statement….

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#House GOP setting up election-year debt limit fight

#House GOP setting up election-year debt limit fight

House Republicans could be setting up another fight over the debt limit — this time, just months before the 2024 presidential election. A sweeping, 320-page bill they unveiled this week would raise the debt ceiling, which caps how much money the Treasury can borrow to pay the country’s bills, through the end of next March…

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#GOP downplays importance of budget with debt ceiling looming

#GOP downplays importance of budget with debt ceiling looming

House Republicans are deemphasizing the importance of a GOP budget in the context of debt-ceiling talks, signaling their blueprint might not even be finalized until after the conference figures out its moves on raising the federal government’s borrowing limit. It’s a significant shift for the GOP that comes after hard-line lawmakers during the 15-ballot Speaker’s…

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