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House Republicans

Published
October 18, 2023

Jim Jordan fails again to win House speakership as colleagues seek options

Angry, frustrated Republican lawmakers are considering their options, including an extraordinary plan that would give the interim speaker-pro-tempore, Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., more power.
Published
October 14, 2023

Commentary: There’s no quick fix for Republican chaos in the House

The Republican fight over leadership is just a sideshow to the real battle: passing crucial spending bills.
Published
October 13, 2023

Republicans pick Jim Jordan as nominee for House speaker, putting job within the Trump ally’s reach

Electing Jordan, a founding member of the Freedom Caucus, to the powerful position second in line to the presidency would move the Republican’s far right into a central seat of U.S. power.
Published
October 12, 2023

House left leaderless as Republican Scalise ends speaker bid

After hours of private meetings over two days and late into Thursday evening at the Capitol, it was clear lawmakers were not budging from their refusal to support the Louisiana Republican.
Published
October 11, 2023

Republicans nominate Steve Scalise to be House speaker but struggle to unite and elect him

The House is gaveled into a brief session, then broke indefinitely, with next steps uncertain and Congress brought to a standstill by Republican infighting.

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Published
October 10, 2023

After a week without a speaker, House Republicans are no closer to picking a new leader

House Republicans took the majority aspiring to operate as a team, and run government more business-like, but have drifted far from that goal.
Published
October 10, 2023

Commentary: House Republicans must take on Democrats – and some Republicans, too

They’re in for a messy transition after the chaotic and senseless removal of Kevin McCarthy.
Published
October 6, 2023

Commentary: The Republicans are squabbling. Democrats are leading. You choose

There’s no nihilism caucus among House Democrats eager to burn democracy – and their own party – to the ground.
Published
October 5, 2023

Maine Voices: Pivot away from blind pro-Ukraine militarism is just political brinkmanship

It’s discouraging that long-overdue public questioning of continued U.S. funding for Ukraine’s defense is being waged by the most extreme Republican partisans.
Published
October 3, 2023

Kevin McCarthy becomes the first speaker ever to be ousted from the job in a House vote

McCarthy told lawmakers he would not run again for speaker, and next steps are highly uncertain as there is no obvious successor to lead the House Republican majority.