Oct 23 WATCH: House convenes as Republicans pick Emmer as latest speaker candidate By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, Farnoush Amiri, Kevin Freking, Associated Press While Emmer won a simple majority in a roll call behind closed doors — 117 votes — he lost more than two dozen Republicans, leaving him far short of what will be needed during a House floor tally ahead. Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch 3:26 Who are the 9 Republicans making a run for House speaker? By Amna Nawaz, Ali Schmitz Nine Republicans are running to serve as House speaker after several failed votes and a weeks-long stalemate over the future of the chamber. The candidates are pitching their plan to unite a divided House Republican Conference in a closed-door forum. Continue watching
Oct 20 WATCH: Repairing relations between the White House and Congress – roundtable hosted by Laura Barrón-López By Laura Barrón-López "The American presidency, as a distinctly democratic institution, is in crisis, both unleashed and under strain. Presidents are more powerful, and they are more prone to fail."… Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch 5:27 GOP rejects empowering interim House speaker as Jordan says he’s still running for the job By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura The leadership crisis in the House of Representatives became even more chaotic on Thursday. Republicans, unable to agree on a speaker, also rejected a plan to temporarily give the acting speaker more powers. Lisa Desjardins was outside the heated meeting… Continue watching
Oct 18 Watch 11:03 What’s next for Republicans after Jim Jordan’s 2nd defeat in House speaker vote By Geoff Bennett, Lisa Desjardins, Matt Loffman Republican Congressman Jim Jordan’s second try for speaker of the House went more poorly than his first. In Wednesday's vote he received two fewer Republican votes than he did on Tuesday. Lisa Desjardins reports on the Capitol frozen in legislative… Continue watching
Oct 18 House Republicans explore options as Jim Jordan comes up short in 2nd speaker vote By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Stephen Groves, Associated Press Rep. Jim Jordan has failed to win the vote to become House speaker on crucial second ballot. The GOP's next steps are uncertain as lawmakers float other options. Continue reading
Oct 16 Watch 3:01 House enters 3rd week without speaker as GOP infighting keeps Congress at standstill By Lisa Desjardins The House of Representatives is entering a third week with no full-time speaker. The Republican majority is meeting Monday night and speaker nominee Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio will look to sway dozens of colleagues who just voted against him… Continue watching
Oct 12 Sen. Menendez charged with being unregistered agent of the Egyptian government By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Federal prosecutors have rewritten their indictment against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife to charge them with conspiring to have him act as an agent of Egypt and Egyptian officials. Continue reading
Oct 11 Republicans nominate Steve Scalise for House speaker By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press In private balloting at the Capitol, House Republicans pushed aside Rep. Jim Jordan, the Judiciary Committee chairman, in favor of Scalise, the current majority leader, lawmakers said. Continue reading
Oct 06 Who will be the next speaker of the House? Here are a few possibilities By Stephen Groves, Farnoush Amiri, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press It’s not at all certain that any of the GOP candidates will be able to round up enough votes — 218, if all lawmakers are present and voting — to ascend to one of the most powerful positions in government,… Continue reading