{"id":2062950,"date":"2023-10-11T05:46:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T09:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-clear-gop-frontrunner-for-speaker-on-eve-of-election\/"},"modified":"2023-10-11T05:50:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T09:50:48","slug":"no-clear-gop-frontrunner-for-speaker-on-eve-of-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-clear-gop-frontrunner-for-speaker-on-eve-of-election\/","title":{"rendered":"No GOP frontrunner for Speaker before election."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fno-clear-gop-frontrunner-for-speaker-on-eve-of-election%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2062950&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>Republicans Struggle to Unite in Speaker Nominee Debate<\/h2>\n<p>Republicans\u200c held \u2063a\u200d debate with their two candidates for speaker of the House on Oct. 10 and emerged after two hours no closer to identifying the nominee to unite \u2064the divided conference.<\/p>\n<p>Majority Leader\u200b Steve \u200cScalise (R-La.) and\u200b Judiciary Committee Chairman\u200d Jim \u200dJordan \u200b(R-Ohio), both highly respected within the Republican conference, each spoke and responded to questions\u2064 in the two-hour, closed-door \u200bsession.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees described the exchange as respectful and healthy but were not\u200d optimistic about quickly coming to an agreement on their next leader.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Related Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/pressure-mounts-as-republicans-seek-unity-in-electing-house-speaker-5507475?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><strong>Pressure Mounts as Republicans Seek \u2062Unity in Electing House Speaker<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n    <br \/>\n    <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">10\/10\/2023<\/span>\n  <\/li>\n<li>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/house-gop-races-to-fill-house-speakership-amid-israel-hamas-conflict-5506677?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><strong>House GOP Races to Fill House Speakership Amid\u200b Israel\u2013Hamas Conflict<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n    <br \/>\n    <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">10\/9\/2023<\/span>\n  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Asked about the chance of electing a nominee at their conference vote scheduled for \u206310:00 a.m. the next day, Rep. Thomas Massie\u200b (R-Ky.) told reporters,\u2062 \u201cI\u2019d \u200dsay 2 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both men \u200dhave\u200d large bases of support among\u2064 House Republicans, \u200dwhich can be traced\u2064 to their lengthy tenure in House \u200cleadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo much of this is personal relationships,\u201d Rep. \u200bKelly Armstrong (R-N.D.) told reporters after\u200d the forum. \u2062\u201cPeople who \u2063serve on Jordan&#8217;s\u200d committee are very supportive \u200cof him. You \u200dhave delegations, you have regional issues,\u200b you have people who have\u200b been here a long time &#8230; who know some of the\u200b historical tensions that exist.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>Difference, No \u200bDistinction<\/h2>\n<p>After the\u200c candidate forum, several \u2062Republican members noted little difference between the two.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Both would offer further support for the war in Ukraine only after seeing a clear strategy for victory from the White House. Both had \u200bplans\u200c for avoiding a government shutdown when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-threatening-to-pass-year-long-stopgap-spending-bill\/\" title=\"Dems Threatening to Pass Year-Long Stopgap Spending Bill\">current continuing resolution expires<\/a> on Nov. 17.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Jordan advanced a plan that included a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-clear-gop-frontrunner-for-speaker-on-eve-of-election\/\" title=\"No GOP frontrunner for Speaker before election.\">longer-term continuing resolution<\/a> with built-in spending cuts.\u200c Mr. Scalise favored passing conservative appropriations bills\u2062 in \u2063the House and forcing\u2064 the Senate \u2063to negotiate over them.<\/p>\n<p>Both men \u2064were praised \u2062for their commitment to the Republican conference.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Affairs \u200bCommittee Chair Michael McCaul (R-Texas)\u200b said, \u201cThere&#8217;s a very \u200drobust debate.\u201d As to \u2063who would come out the winner, \u2064he said. \u201cWe&#8217;ll find out\u2063 tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of\u200d people like Steve\u200b and \u2062a lot of people like Jim,\u201d Rep. Troy Nehls\u2063 (R-Texas) said. \u200b\u201cI don&#8217;t \u2063know how you get to \u200c218,\u201d the number of votes needed to win the election.<\/p>\n<p>The conference\u200c is so\u200c widely split at this\u200c point,\u200c according to Mr. Nehls, that if the vote went to a second or third\u200d ballot, \u2064Mr. McCarthy\u200d might come out ahead.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>The Unity Problem<\/h2>\n<p>Many Republicans\u2064 have\u200c said they\u2062 favor voting among themselves \u200cuntil they arrive at a\u2063 nominee they will all support before venturing into \u2062an election \u200bon the House floor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Though they hold a majority in the House, it took 15 ballots to elect Mr. McCarthy \u200cin January as a number of Republicans \u2063held out for concessions from the\u2064 would-be speaker. Most Republicans want to avoid a repeat of that\u200b spectacle.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) floated the idea\u2063 of beginning the process with \u200csecret ballots rather than a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-stonewall-paycheck-fairness-act-over-employer-burdens-redundancy\/\" title=\"Republicans Stonewall \u2018Paycheck Fairness Act\u2019 Over Employer Burdens, Redundancy\">roll call vote<\/a>. \u201cI\u200c think we just need to\u2063 see where everybody&#8217;s \u2064cards are and see what that first ballot indicates,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Others \u2062want to create a binding rule\u200d that \u200cwould force all Republicans\u2063 to support whichever \u2064candidate won a majority within\u2063 the conference.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s doubtful that\u2062 members would follow\u200d such a rule, even if \u200dpassed. \u200d\u201cI won&#8217;t\u200d do it,\u201d Mr. Nehls said of the idea. \u201cIt&#8217;s a conference rule. It is not the House rule. \u201cI&#8217;m just \u200btelling you, I won\u2019t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conference rules cannot prevent a \u2064member from voting his or her choice in the House, so there would be \u2063no\u2063 mechanism for enforcing \u2064such a rule,\u2063 according to Mr. Massie.<\/p>\n<p>Although \u200bMr. Scalise\u200b and Mr. Jordan are the only two candidates at the moment, that could change.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>The Candidates<\/h2>\n<p>Both Mr. Scalise and Mr. Jordan\u200c are staunch conservatives. Both men supported\u200c objections to electoral\u2062 college voting results when Congress met \u200cto certify Joe Biden\u2019s election on \u2064Jan. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mr. Scalise, 57, has\u200b served in\u2064 Congress since 2008. He has \u2062been\u200b involved in House leadership\u200c since 2013\u200c when he chaired the Republican Study Committee, the\u200b largest of the five major Republican caucuses,\u2063 before moving on to become majority whip and then majority \u2064leader. He is known as an effective fundraiser, a \u200dkey \u2062responsibility as the party\u2019s leader in the House.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. \u200bScalise\u200d has been \u200ccriticized for speaking \u2063at a convention of \u200dwhite \u2064nationalists in 2002. Mr. \u2062Scalise said he was unaware of the group\u2019s viewpoint when accepting the invitation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-puts-uranium-between-hard-rock-and-no-place-on-critical-mineral-list\/\" title=\"Biden admin classifies uranium as a 'critical mineral'\">proven track \u2064record<\/a> \u2063of bringing together the diverse array of viewpoints within our Conference\u200b to build consensus where others thought it impossible,\u201d \u200cMr. Scalise wrote in a letter to\u200b colleagues announcing \u200dhis candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have an\u200d extremely talented \u200cConference,\u2062 and \u200dwe all need to \u200bcome together and pull in the same direction to\u200b get the country back on the right\u200b track,\u201d Mr. Scalise wrote.\u2062 \u201cOur strength as a Conference comes from our \u200dunity, and\u200b we have seen when we \u2063unite as a Conference, we can deliver wins\u200b for the \u2063American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Jordan, 59, has served in Congress since 2007. \u2064He is a former college wrestling coach and state lawmaker\u200d in Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Jordan is a co-founder of the House Freedom Caucus, \u200cthe most conservative \u2064of the five\u200b major Republican\u200c caucuses. He leads the \u2063Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government and has been outspoken \u2064about\u2062 the need\u2062 for congressional\u200b oversight of\u200d the executive \u200bbranch.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have pointed out that he stonewalled the House select committee that investigated the events of Jan. 6 when subpoenaed to testify.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u200b are a conservative-center-right\u2064 party.\u2062 I think I\u2019m the guy who can help unite that. My politics are entirely consistent with where conservatives\u200c and Republicans are across the country,\u201d Mr. Jordan said in an interview with CNN.<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans will reconvene Oct. 11 at 8:30 \u2062a.m. for a classified briefing\u2063 on the crisis in Israel, and proceed with voting for \u200dtheir nominee later in the morning.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How important is it for the Republican party\u2064 to have a strong and unified leadership in navigating critical issues such as the Israel-Hamas\u200d conflict and tensions with\u200b Russia and China?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  E\u2063 largest conservative \u200dcaucus in the House. He currently serves as the Majority Leader, the second-highest position in\u2062 the House \u200dRepublican leadership. \u200bMr. Scalise\u2063 is known for his strong support of conservative policies and his ability to rally support within the Republican caucus.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Jordan, 58, has served in Congress since 2007. He is a founding member of the House\u2063 Freedom Caucus, a group \u2062of conservative\u2063 lawmakers who \u2063advocate for limited government and reduced spending. Mr. Jordan is known for being a vocal\u200b critic\u200b of the Democratic Party and for his staunch defense of former President Donald\u200d Trump. He has gained a loyal base of support within the Republican\u2062 conference for his unwavering conservative principles.<\/p>\n<p>Both candidates have a strong following within the Republican caucus, but their \u2064differences in leadership style and strategy have created a divide among members. Mr. Scalise&#8217;s \u2062approach is seen as more traditional and\u200d focused on incremental change within the system,\u2064 while Mr. Jordan&#8217;s strategy is often viewed as confrontational and driven by ideological \u200cprinciples.<\/p>\n<p>The challenge for Republicans is to find a candidate who can unite the divided conference and lead the party effectively. The role of \u200dthe \u200bSpeaker of the House is crucial in setting the agenda and guiding legislative \u200bpriorities. Republicans are\u2064 facing\u200b critical issues such as the ongoing \u200bIsrael-Hamas conflict and the rising tensions\u200c with Russia and\u200d China. It is essential\u200d for the\u2064 party\u200d to have a strong \u2063and unified leadership to navigate these challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062Speaker nominee debate on Oct. 10 did not provide a clear resolution \u2063to this problem. While\u200d the exchange between \u2063Mr. Scalise and Mr. Jordan was described as respectful and healthy, attendees expressed skepticism about reaching an agreement quickly. Rep. Thomas Massie&#8217;s comment about the likelihood of electing a nominee being only 2 percent reflects the sentiments of many members.<\/p>\n<p>The lack of distinction\u2063 between the two candidates was also noted by several Republican members. Both\u2064 Mr. Scalise \u200cand Mr. Jordan share \u2063similar positions on issues \u200bsuch as \u2063the war in Ukraine and avoiding\u200d a government shutdown. They both have a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans held a fruitless debate on Oct. 10 to choose their House speaker nominee. 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