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24.10.2023 - 16:47 / deadline.com
House Minority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) won the Republican nomination to be the next speaker of the House, but he now faces the uphill challenge of garnering the 217 votes needed to be elected in a floor vote.
Emmer is the third GOP nominee in as many weeks, as House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) each were tapped by the Republican majority yet failed to be elected speaker. The protracted battle has exposed bitter rifts and bad blood within the Republican conference, and has left the House at a standstill at a moment of international crises and the prospect of government funding running out next month.
Emmer drew 117 votes on the fifth secret ballot of the House Republican conference, which met behind closed doors today at the Capitol, according to CNN. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) generated 97 votes. Other candidates received five votes and one person voted present.
Emmer was regarded as more moderate than Johnson, having voted for legislation last year to codify the right to same-sex marriage and, more recently, for a bill to extend government funding into November. He also voted to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, something that has helped make him a target of backers of Donald Trump. Steve Bannon railed against Emmer on his podcast, although Trump himself declined to weigh in against him on Monday. “He called me yesterday and he told me, ‘I am your biggest fan,'” Trump told reporters.
Assuming all Democrats remain united behind their choice for speaker, Hakeem Jeffries, Emmer can only lose four Republican votes given the GOP’s narrow majority. That proved elusive for Emmer’s predecessors. Scalise dropped out of the race after it became clear that he would not be able
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