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October 25, 2023 | Categories: News Tom Emmer

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House Republicans selected Representative Tom Emmer of Minnesota as a candidate in a secret ballot, and he is withdrawing from the race to become the next Speaker of the House, according to CBS News.

The third of its kind was scheduled for this month, following Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s ouster on October 3rd by House Republicans.

Representative Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, Representative Jack Bergman of Michigan, Representative Byron Donalds of Florida, Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana, Representative Gary Palmer of Alabama, Representative Austin Scott of Georgia, and Representative Pete Sessions of Texas were among the seven other candidates vying for the leadership post.

It was last week that Emmer, the third-ranking member of the majority caucus, declared he would “run to unite our conference and get back to work.” McCarthy was also on board with him.

Only four Republican votes would be too much for him to lose, and in the end, he lost the backing of roughly twenty MPs.

Emmer’s detractors claim he is too moderate for the position, doesn’t back former Republican President Donald Trump enough, voted to uphold the debt ceiling and keep the government operating, and backed the legalization of homosexual marriage.

However, it appears that Emmer was ultimately brought down by the arrows of the previous president Trump. On Tuesday, he mobilized on social media against

The past two candidates for the job, Representatives Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan had not been successful in winning the endorsement of the former President.

Emmer would require 217 votes from all members of the House in order to approve the nomination for Speaker. With his experience as Walter Mondale’s vice president, Emmer would be third in line for the presidency if he were confirmed.

Timeline: The Chaos-Riffed Search by Republicans for a New House Speaker

The Acting Speaker at the moment is Representative Patrick McHenry of North Carolina. In the middle of multiple crises both domestically and internationally, the House cannot approve any measures without a Speaker.

Conservative caucus member Representative Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., stated, “We’re going to have to figure out how to work together – I mean, we’ve got to stop making excuses for the big boys and the big girls, and we just have to get this done.”

Congress must enact a financing bill by November 17th in order to keep government offices and services open. If they don’t, the federal government may close in a few weeks. In order to fortify the US border with Mexico and support Israel and Ukraine in times of conflict, President Biden has urged Congress to appropriate $105 billion in aid. Federal programs related to agriculture and aviation are about to expire if nothing is done.

The majority of the contenders for Speaker are ardent conservatives and disbelievers in elections; they either voted against accepting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump, or they later got embroiled in legal disputes.

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