Republicans nominated Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana as the party's fourth nominee for speaker hours after their third GOP nominee was forced to drop out due to lack of support.
Republicans nominated Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana as the party’s fourth nominee for speaker hours after their thirdLike his three predecessors, Mr. Johnson may also lack enough Republican support to win the gavel in a House floor vote that could come as soon as Wednesday.
ballot. Another 29 lawmakers voted for Mr. Donalds. Many lawmakers were absent from the meeting and were attending an event outside of the Capitol.voted to nominate Mr. Johnson after Majority Whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota quit the race earlier in the day when he couldn’t unite the conference to back him.lawmakers who said he was not conservative enough.
In addition to Mr. Emmer, Republicans have rejected Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio. The House has been without a speaker since Oct. 3 when a group of eight hardline conservatives voted with all Democrats to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy, California Republican.
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