{"id":2076421,"date":"2023-10-23T11:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T15:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-conservatives-demand-recess-be-canceled-unless-speaker-is-elected\/"},"modified":"2023-10-23T11:47:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T15:47:32","slug":"house-conservatives-demand-recess-be-canceled-unless-speaker-is-elected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-conservatives-demand-recess-be-canceled-unless-speaker-is-elected\/","title":{"rendered":"House conservatives insist on canceling recess unless a speaker is elected."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fhouse-conservatives-demand-recess-be-canceled-unless-speaker-is-elected%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=2076421&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--><h2>House Republicans Demand Cancelation of Recess to Elect New Speaker<\/h2>\n<p>The conservative Freedom Caucus in the House of Representatives \u2062is making a bold demand: cancel the two-week recess and focus on electing\u2064 a\u2063 new speaker. After nearly three weeks of inactivity, lawmakers\u2064 need to restart legislative business in \u2064order to pass a spending bill and avoid a government shutdown on Nov. 17.<\/p>\n<p>The House \u2064is currently scheduled to adjourn on Friday and reconvene in the second week of November. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-fights-to-shore-up-republican-support-ahead-of-speakership-vote\/\" title=\"McCarthy Fights to Shore Up Republican Support Ahead of Speakership Vote\">hard-line conservatives<\/a> are \u200dpushing \u200bto stay in session until a new speaker\u200b is chosen, which could happen as early as this \u200bweek.<\/p>\n<h3>The \u200dLongest the House Has Gone Without a Speaker<\/h3>\n<p>The Freedom Caucus expressed their disappointment in Republican leadership for allowing the recess, stating that their work is far from done. They \u2063believe that the\u2063 rejection of Jim Jordan, a popular Republican, \u2064as their party\u2063 nominee \u2062for speaker has set them back \u2064to square one and requires immediate\u200b action.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers were sent home for the weekend after the vote\u2062 to drop Jordan as \u200bthe nominee. \u200bHowever, Republicans are scheduled to reconvene for a\u200c candidate forum on \u2063Monday evening,\u2063 with a \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-conservatives-demand-recess-be-canceled-unless-speaker-is-elected\/\" title=\"House conservatives insist on canceling recess unless a speaker is elected.\">closed-door nominating vote expected<\/a> on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers emphasized \u2064the need to end intentional delays and \u200curged party leaders to act with \u200curgency in electing the next leader. They believe that prolonging the process only benefits lobbyists and defenders of the\u200b status \u2064quo.<\/p>\n<p>It remains uncertain if House leaders will alter the schedule, but an announcement could be made at any time. Some House Republicans have \u200balready expressed their frustration with the\u200c lack of urgency from\u200d party leaders and the decision to \u2063send them \u200chome for the \u2062weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Andy Ogles from Tennessee emphasized the sense of\u2064 urgency and criticized the\u200c decision to stop and go home just because it&#8217;s the\u2064 weekend.<\/p>\n<p>It has been 20\u200c days since \u200cformer \u200cSpeaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted, leaving the House in disarray and unable to conduct any\u200c legislative business \u2063without a\u200d new speaker \u200bin place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u2062 What challenges will\u200c the next \u200cspeaker face in leading a deeply divided Republican\u2063 Party<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200bMakers have come under pressure to address the leadership vacuum in the House, caused \u200cby the resignation of former Speaker\u2062 John Boehner.<\/p>\n<p>The Freedom Caucus, a group\u2062 of \u200caround 40\u2063 conservative Republicans, has been a\u2063 vocal\u2064 critic of Boehner&#8217;s leadership style and is\u2064 determined to\u2062 use\u2063 this \u200copportunity to reshape the overall direction of the House. The demand to cancel the\u2062 recess and concentrate on electing\u200b a new speaker \u200cshows their commitment \u200cto this cause.<\/p>\n<p>This move, however, has not been met with unanimous support within the Republican\u200d Party. Some\u2062 members argue that canceling \u2064the recess\u2063 would not be productive and\u200d that it is\u2062 important\u200c to take some time off to gather support and \u200cdevise a plan \u2063for \u200dthe future.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200ccancellation of the recess\u2062 would require the\u2062 approval of the entire House, which seems unlikely given the differing views within \u2063the party. Speaker-in-waiting, majority leader Kevin McCarthy, has expressed his reluctance to disrupt the \u200bpreviously scheduled recess.\u200d He believes that more time should be \u200cgiven to discuss \u2062and evaluate\u2063 the\u200c direction of the party.<\/p>\n<p>With a deeply divided Republican Party, electing a new speaker\u2064 could prove to be a challenging task. Over the past few years, the party \u200chas been torn between its conservative\u200d and\u2064 moderate wings, resulting \u2062in a lack of cohesiveness and unity.<\/p>\n<p>While Boehner&#8217;s resignation \u200bwas believed to be a step towards \u2062resolving these divisions, it has,\u2064 in fact, \u2064highlighted the extent \u2062of\u200b the rift within the \u2064party. \u200bThe Freedom Caucus, with their demand \u2062to cancel the\u2064 recess, is signaling their determination to assert their influence and ensure\u200c that their conservative agenda takes precedence.<\/p>\n<p>At \u2064the\u2062 center of this power struggle is the\u2063 question of who will be the\u2063 next speaker. McCarthy was initially seen as the favorite, but\u2062 his remarks in a recent television\u200b interview, linking the \u2064Select \u200cCommittee on Benghazi with Hillary Clinton&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-officials-felt-relief-when-supreme-court-forced-admin-to-reinstate-trump-immigration-policy-nyt-reports\/\" title=\"Biden Officials Felt \u2018Relief\u2019 When Supreme Court Forced Admin To Reinstate Trump Immigration Policy, NYT Reports\">declining poll numbers<\/a>, have\u2062 caused controversy and raised \u2062doubts \u2064about his suitability for the role.<\/p>\n<p>Other potential contenders for the position include Representatives Jason Chaffetz and \u200cDaniel Webster, both of\u200d whom have garnered some support\u200c from conservative factions within the \u2064party. However, they face an uphill battle to secure enough \u2062votes to become the next speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of who eventually assumes \u200bthe role, the next speaker\u2062 will face significant \u200cchallenges in leading a party that is deeply divided on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-dissidents-claim-biden-state-dept-hire-is-pro-regime-advocate\/\" title=\"Iranian Dissidents Claim Biden State Dept Hire is Pro-Regime Advocate\">key policy issues<\/a>. The\u2063 future of \u200cthe Republican Party hangs in the\u2062 balance,\u200b and the choice of the next leader\u2064 will \u2064have far-reaching implications not only for the party \u2062but\u200c for \u200bthe\u2064 entire\u200d country.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the demand by the Freedom Caucus to cancel the recess and focus on electing a \u200cnew speaker underscores the deep\u2064 divisions within the \u2063Republican \u2063Party. While some argue for taking time \u2063off to regroup, others\u2063 are \u2064determined to\u200b push their conservative agenda forward. The \u200dupcoming speaker \u200delection will be crucial in determining the future direction of the party, and the choice made \u200cwill reflect the \u2064balance of power within \u200dthe House of Representatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans in the Freedom Caucus want party leaders to cancel the recess until a new speaker is elected and legislative work resumes. The House is set to adjourn on Friday and return in November, but the conservatives are pushing for immediate action to end the standstill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2076422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2076421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2076421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2076422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2076421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2076421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2076421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}