Author: Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner

House Republicans in the conservative Freedom Caucus are demanding party leaders cancel the two-week recess until lawmakers can elect a new speaker and restart legislative business in the lower chamber after nearly three weeks at a standstill. The House is scheduled to adjourn on Friday and not return until the second week of November, which…

House Republicans are poised to pick up at least three new seats in North Carolina next year after state legislators released two new proposed congressional maps that would redraw boundaries in their favor and threaten the state’s Democratic members. Each of the map proposals would pose a serious threat to the incumbent Democrats, particularly Reps.…

Seven of the eight Republicans who voted to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) sent a letter to their party vowing to “accept censure, suspension, or removal” from the GOP conference if the GOP holdouts who refused to back Speaker Designate Jim Jordan (R-OH) vote for his nomination on the floor. The lawmakers maintained they…

Speaker Designate Jim Jordan (R-OH) is projecting confidence in his speakership bid even as more than 20 members of his own party may still oppose his nomination on the floor, leaving the House at a standstill as Republicans scramble to elect a new speaker. The House is set to meet at 10 a.m. on Friday…

As Republicans consider alternative options to reopen the House while continuing their search for a permanent speaker, the party may need to rely on their colleagues from across the aisle — but it’s not yet clear whether Democrats are willing to extend their support just yet. Speaker Designate Jim Jordan (R-OH) announced on Thursday he…

EXCLUSIVE — House Republicans are publicly reaffirming their support for Israel, seeking to draw a sharp contrast from their Democratic counterparts who have come under fire after blaming Israel for a deadly airstrike at a Christian hospital in Gaza earlier this week. In a newly released video first obtained by the Washington Examiner, several Republican…

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) failed to secure the majority needed to secure the speakership, falling short of the 217-vote threshold for the second time as the House scrambles to elect its next speaker. During the second roll call vote on Wednesday morning, 199 Republicans voted in favor of Jordan with 22 holdouts remaining, putting the…

House Democratic leaders are predicting that bipartisan talks to find a unity speaker candidate will “accelerate” on Tuesday evening, just hours after Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) failed to garner enough support among his GOP colleagues to secure the speaker’s gavel. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) reiterated his calls to centrist Republicans to drop their…

Republicans who are holding out on Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) for speaker said lawmakers should consider expanding the powers given to Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry (R-NC) until the House can come to a consensus. “We need to do that,” Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) said. “It’s not just about the situation now. It’s…

Democrats are circulating a memo containing anti-Jim Jordan (R-OH) talking points just hours before lawmakers are set to vote on whether to elect the Judiciary chairman as its next House speaker. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee began circulating the memo on Tuesday morning containing a number of talking points to use against Jordan when his…