The House without It’s Speaker
The way it stands now there is a small group of representatives in the Republican caucus that has continuously refused to back the most popular republican candidate during each vote. The numbers vary, but so far none of them have been able to hit 218 on the floor. Several different candidates have been offered and failed time and time again the most recent one of this writing being Tom Emmer from Minnesota, and although being from Minnesota - I am definitely biased in this regard, but I truly did think that Tom Emmer was the best choice of the floated options. The Republican caucus does not feel the same though, each new candidate getting less and less votes each time within the private conference. (They need 218 on the floor but 109 in the caucus I believe) In my view, there are only a few different paths they can be taken. 1. The US house will be ineffective until next session without a speaker being elected or a temp speaker being designated to hold...