The Washington Post reports: House Republicans are preparing Friday afternoon to hold a closed-door vote between two nominees for speaker: Reps. Jim Jordan (Ohio) and Austin Scott (Ga.). The conference is scrambling to find a nominee after Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) dropped out of the race Thursday night as he struggled to round up the necessary 217 votes to …
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Roll Call reports: Georgia Rep. Austin Scott said Friday he will run for speaker, making it at least a two-person race. Scott will make his case to fellow House Republicans during a candidate forum at 1 p.m. on Friday, hours after Republicans rejected proposed rule changes for how to elect a speaker nominee. Scott, who is in his seventh term, …
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“It’s a tough scenario, but there are people in there that are honorably trying to get to the right place. And then there are people in there, as you know, that like to go on the TV and are not necessarily negotiating for anything other than TV time. Makes us look like a bunch of idiots.” – GOP Rep. Austin …
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