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House GOP Nominates Tom Emmer For Speaker

(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Republicans selected House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) on Tuesday to be their third nominee for speaker three weeks after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was voted out of the role. Emmer secured the majority in the fifth secret ballot in a face-off against Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), who is the vice chairman of the House Republican Conference. A House floor vote for the speakership could happen as early as later on Tuesday. Because Republicans have a narrow majority in the House, Emmer can only afford to lose a handful of GOP votes if all Democrats oppose his bid. Seven lawmakers faced off across several rounds of voting, including Reps. Emmer, Johnson, Jack Bergman (R-MI), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Austin Scott (R-GA), and Pete Sessions (R-TX). The candidate with the least amount of votes was dropped following each of the first four ballots. Sessions was dropped after the first round, Bergman after the second, and Scott after the third. Hern came in last and dropped out following the fourth vote while Donalds bowed out, setting up Emmer and Johnson to go head-to-head in ballot No. 5. Emmer led the field across every ballot but did not clinch the majority until the last one. The final tally showed Emmer with 117 votes and Johnson with 97. A follow-up GOP conference vote to see if Emmer would have enough support in a House floor vote revealed more than two dozen holdouts, signaling that Emmer lacks the 217 votes or a simple majority within his own party to win the speakership, though he could still convince skeptical Republicans to back his candidacy. Another contender, Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL), bowed out before the voting got underway on Tuesday, saying in a statement, “If withdrawing my name can help expedite that process even a little, then I will gladly step aside.” A ninth candidate, Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA), withdrew from the race during a candidate forum on Monday night. There had been scrutiny on the voting record of each candidate, including when it came to certifying the results of the 2020 election. Emmer stood out as the only candidate who voted last year to pass a bill that codified same-sex marriage protections. Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA) told CNN that he was “very concerned” about the vote and said there was no way he would vote for Emmer. All the candidates signed a “unity pledge” in which members vowed to support the nominee, according to Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE), though not every lawmaker in the GOP conference supported the idea. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) reportedly suggested members should consider lowering the House floor vote threshold from a majority to a plurality to win the speakership if a Republican nominee cannot muster enough support to secure the gavel. The GOP-led House of Representatives has been without a speaker for about 21 days since eight Republicans joined with Democrats to oust McCarthy in a no-confidence vote. The vacuum has left the chamber in limbo with Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) serving as speaker pro tempore and no movement on pressing issues, such as reaching a deal to avert a government shutdown that could happen as early as mid-November. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), who won the GOP nomination in a face-off against Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), ended his candidacy before a House floor vote could happen as he faced opposition from a small group of Republicans. Jordan then won the nomination in a second ballot. However, the GOP conference elected to drop Jordan as its nominee last week after he failed to win speakership across three House floor ballots in which he got fewer votes each time. Democrats nominated Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) for speaker and have so far voted in unison for him in all the speakership votes this month. There could be a shift in strategy, as Punchbowl News reported that House Democrats see Emmer as the least disagreeable candidate and some would sit out of a House floor vote to help him win if they got certain assurances. But the news outlet noted Emmer has no interest in negotiating with them. As the majority whip, Emmer is tasked with rallying votes for the party’s legislative priorities. When it came to the race for speaker, Emmer had the support of McCarthy, who said the Minnesota Republican “knows how to do the job.” In a letter to colleagues explaining what he would do as speaker, Emmer pledged to use a “culture of teamwork, communication, and respect to build on the moments that brought us success, learn from our mistakes, and keep fighting for each and every one of you and our Republican majority.” He also said: “I will also always be honest and direct with all of you, even if we disagree. I will never make a promise I cannot fulfill. I expect to be held accountable, and you can expect that we will also keep you to your word.” Former President Donald Trump, the GOP frontrunner in the 2024 presidential race, had endorsed Jordan for speaker. Trump declined to pick a new favorite among the new slate of candidates. 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Start Commenting Conversation550 Comments 1K Viewing Our chat and comment features are intended to improve our community’s experience interacting with our content. View our Community Guidelines here. Log in 6 People typing View 8 new comments Sort by Best ozzyjp790727 1 hour ago I see two options. Keep limping along and being disappointed the next time the Republican Party betrays it’s base or keep up the fight. A house divided against itself will fall. Democrats embrace their base and moved left. Republicans reject their base and move left too. We have to remove the corru...See more Reply 25 1 Share bgdh4939028 33 minutes ago Thomas Massie of Kentucky, one of the few national politicians with real backbone combined with high intelligence, has the highest respect for Jordan. What Massie wrote: “I’ve taken thousands of votes during my time in Congress. No roll call has been as clarifying as the one for Jim Jordan as Speake... See more Reply 6 1 Share crmartin.quill4367 1 hour ago I see a third option - scrap the GOP entirely and form a third party. Wouldn't have worked 20 years ago. Today? People are sick of the extremes on both sides. I think a party that combines classic liberal/libertarian tendencies with fiscal conservatism and an America First (in the sense of domestic... See more Reply 4 1 Share Freedom21 3 minutes ago Replying to crmartin.quill4367 By the time you build up a 3rd party, the liberals will have such a stronghold on every faction of government by loosening voting trails, added states to the union, packing courts, that future elections will merely a fictional exercise, illusion that we're still a voting democracy. Reply Share OhioExPat 1 hour ago Heritage Foundation gives Emmer a lifetime score of (a measly) 78%. Contrast that score with Hakeem Jeffries' lifetime liberal score from Progressive Punch of 97.3%. Again, why can't Republicans pick leaders who are just as conservative as the Democrat leaders are liberal? Reply 22 Share caamga9211 44 minutes ago Because we’ve spent the past 40+ years electing big R Republicans that are really just 1990s democrats who nod and fundraise off of 2A and prolife, but vote and live like Liberal Coastal oligarchs. Leftists vote for leftists, even if they disagree with half the ideology, because they want to win a... See more Reply 4 Share 1 reply Hallen 25 minutes ago The simple truth is there are more left-leaning voters in the US by a wide margin than there are right-leaning voters. Democrats are better at gerrymandering than Republicans -- mostly because it is a form of cheating and Democrats are better at cheating. That means we have a bunch of Republicans w... See more Reply 1 Share Show 2 more replies WillShields 1 hour ago I don't like the choice. Jim Jordan was a lot better. Reply 53 Share crmartin.quill4367 1 hour ago The GOP doesn't care what you like. You're a serf who ought to shut up and do what you're told by your DC Elite Beltway betters. How dare you think anyone outside of Washington DC deserves to have a voice in their own governance you radical minority disruptor, you! Reply 16 Share 1 reply paul.dueffert2998 1 hour ago Emmer is much more experienced at brokering deals amongst competing factions, which is pretty much the most important quality for an effective Speaker. Reply 23 Share 6 replies Show 1 more reply Grandma 49 minutes ago Emmer stood out as the only candidate who voted last year to pass a bill that codified same-sex marriage protections. 1- I keep repeating: DailyWire is allowing the Left to win, by using woke lingo. If they win the language, they win the battle. There's no such thing as "... protection". It means fo... See more Reply 10 Share 3 replies marcus daft 1 hour ago His conservative score is tied with Steve Scalise, according to the heritage Action rating. It is tied for this year with Jim Jordan, but that is due to everyone voting in the same bills this session, Jordan’s lifetime rating is 95%, as opposed to Emmer which is 79%. Reply 6 Share 1 reply Show More Comments Powered by TermsPrivacyFeedback (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

(Daily Wire) Republicans selected House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) on Tuesday to be their third nominee for speaker three weeks after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was voted out of the role.

Emmer secured the majority in the fifth secret ballot in a face-off against Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), who is the vice chairman of the House Republican Conference. A House floor vote for the speakership could happen as early as later on Tuesday. Because Republicans have a narrow majority in the House, Emmer can only afford to lose a handful of GOP votes if all Democrats oppose his bid.

Seven lawmakers faced off across several rounds of voting, including Reps. Emmer, Johnson, Jack Bergman (R-MI), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Austin Scott (R-GA), and Pete Sessions (R-TX). The candidate with the least amount of votes was dropped following each of the first four ballots. Sessions was dropped after the first round, Bergman after the second, and Scott after the third. Hern came in last and dropped out following the fourth vote while Donalds bowed out, setting up Emmer and Johnson to go head-to-head in ballot No. 5.

Emmer led the field across every ballot but did not clinch the majority until the last one. The final tally showed Emmer with 117 votes and Johnson with 97.

A follow-up GOP conference vote to see if Emmer would have enough support in a House floor vote revealed more than two dozen holdouts, signaling that Emmer lacks the 217 votes or a simple majority within his own party to win the speakership, though he could still convince skeptical Republicans to back his candidacy.

Another contender, Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL), bowed out before the voting got underway on Tuesday, saying in a statement, “If withdrawing my name can help expedite that process even a little, then I will gladly step aside.” A ninth candidate, Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA), withdrew from the race during a candidate forum on Monday night.

There had been scrutiny on the voting record of each candidate, including when it came to certifying the results of the 2020 election. Emmer stood out as the only candidate who voted last year to pass a bill that codified same-sex marriage protections. Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA) told CNN that he was “very concerned” about the vote and said there was no way he would vote for Emmer.

All the candidates signed a “unity pledge” in which members vowed to support the nominee, according to Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE), though not every lawmaker in the GOP conference supported the idea. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) reportedly suggested members should consider lowering the House floor vote threshold from a majority to a plurality to win the speakership if a Republican nominee cannot muster enough support to secure the gavel.

The GOP-led House of Representatives has been without a speaker for about 21 days since eight Republicans joined with Democrats to oust McCarthy in a no-confidence vote. The vacuum has left the chamber in limbo with Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) serving as speaker pro tempore and no movement on pressing issues, such as reaching a deal to avert a government shutdown that could happen as early as mid-November.

 

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