Politics

House Republicans Swear They’ll Find Their Speaker This Time

EIGHT IS NOT ENOUGH

Republicans are speeding through a speaker election again in the hopes that lawmakers are all exhausted enough that they won’t object to whoever emerges next as the nominee.

A photo illustration of Reps. Jack Bergman (MI), Byron Donalds (FL), Tom Emmer (MN), Kevin Hern (OK), Mike Johnson (LA), Gary Palmer (AL), Austin Scott (GA), and Pete Sessions (TX).
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