G.O.P. Nominates Mike Johnson for Speaker After Spurning Emmer

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House Republicans chose and then quickly repudiated yet another of their nominees for speaker on Tuesday and rushed to name a fourth, pressing to put an end to a remarkable three-week-long deadlock that has left Congress leaderless and paralyzed.

Representative Mike Johnson, a little-known social conservative from Louisiana, emerged on Tuesday night as the latest contender for the post after Representative Tom Emmer of Minnesota, the No. 3 House Republican, dropped his bid only hours after securing the nomination. Mr. Emmer’s downfall followed a swift backlash from the right, including former President Donald J. Trump, that left his candidacy in shambles and the G.O.P. as divided as ever.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/us/politics/house-speaker-election.html
 
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Next Speaker Vote Is Expected in Hours in a Leaderless House

By late Tuesday, Representative Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana, had become speaker designate No. 4, and many Republicans hoped they had finally found their man. But given the tumultuous events of the past three weeks, it was too early to predict the end was at hand, with a floor vote expected at noon on Wednesday.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/us/politics/house-republicans-speaker.html
 
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