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Jim Jordan: The Perfect Speaker for a Policy-Free GOP

As long as the Republican Party is a policy-free zone, Jordan might as well be the guy in charge.

Reason

Election lies to Fox News fixture: key things to know about Jim Jordan

All eyes are on the Republican – but Jordan has a long history of controversial views that many of his own party members aren’t aligned with

The Guardian - US

Jim Jordan is a conservative hellraiser in the House. Now he’s Trump’s top choice for speaker

Eric Garcia chronicles how the Ohio Republican, once called a ‘legislative terrorist’ who helped Trump try to overturn the 2020 election, is now trying to replace Kevin McCarthy after Steve Scalise bows out

The Independent UK

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House speaker saga underscores Republican party’s dramatic evolution

Party still faces issue of how to reunite their fractious majority and prove to skeptical US public that they are capable of governing

The Guardian - US

Jim Jordan is a conservative hellraiser in the House. Now he’s Trump’s top choice for speaker

The Independent UK

Jim Jordan is a conservative hellraiser in the House. Now he’s Trump’s top choice for speaker

The Independent UK

‘They didn’t stand up to Trump’: how the Republican party descended into disarray

The GOP was once feared for its ability to unite and win – but Kevin McCarthy’s demise shows a party deeply divided

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McCarthy's fall marks new low in the speakership's declining status

The status of the speakership has been declining for years. McCarthy's ouster is an extreme example in a sequence of events that have made the speaker more vulnerable — and thus weaker.

WEKU

Jim Jordan is a conservative hellraiser in the House. Now he’s Trump’s top choice for speaker

Eric Garcia chronicles how the Ohio Republican, once called a ‘legislative terrorist’ who helped Trump try to overturn the 2020 election, is now an odds-on favorite to replace Kevin McCarthy

The Independent UK

Group of Texas Republicans in U.S. House want to change the rules for removing a speaker

The members are sick of the leverage the rule has had over the conference, saying it pushed leadership into the hands of the most extreme right-wing members.

The Texas Tribune

As speaker, 'fire-breather' Jordan would have to become deal-maker

Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan battled Republican leadership, but now wants to become the House speaker after Kevin McCarthy's ouster.

Roll Call

Republicans just made history with McCarthy’s ouster. Who is it actually going to hurt?

Kevin McCarthy’s ouster is only the beginning of a painful process in the House of Representatives, Eric Garcia reports

The Independent UK

Republicans just made history with McCarthy’s ouster. Who is it actually going to hurt?

Kevin McCarthy’s ouster is only the beginning of a painful process in the House of Representatives, Eric Garcia reports

The Independent UK

Who is Jim Jordan? The hard-right House speaker contender dogged by scandal

Contender for House speaker, described as ‘political terrorist’ by John Boehner, also linked to Ohio State sexual abuse scandal

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The Independent UK

What is a motion to vacate? The process Matt Gaetz triggered to oust Kevin McCarthy

House speaker challenged to no-confidence vote by the rebel congressman representing hard-right fringe of Republican party

The Independent UK

Rep. Matt Gaetz is threatening to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy. It won't be easy.

One of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's harshest critics plans to make good on his threat to remove the California Republican from his leadership post

The Guardian - US

What is a ‘motion to vacate’, the procedure that ousted Kevin McCarthy?

US House speaker was removed from office after making deal with Democrats to avert shutdown

WEKU

How the far right could remove McCarthy and why his fate could be in Democrats' hands

At least one House Republican, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, is publicly threatening to offer a resolution to try to remove the speaker. Here's how that procedural motion would work.

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The Conversation

GOP shutdown threat is the wrong way to win a budget war − history shows a better strategy for reducing the deficit

Congress has just days to keep the federal government from grinding to a halt, and a last-minute deal seems increasingly unlikely. The problem is that lawmakers need to pass a dozen appropriations bills – or a single continuing resolution – by Sept. 30, 2023, in order to keep the government’s…

The Guardian - US

Congressional Republicans are trapped in a dangerous absurdity of their own making

By abasing himself to Trump and the most hardline Republicans, Kevin McCarthy made himself a political hostage

WEKU

House GOP rebels recall a distant era when dissidents rose up against 'Czar Cannon'

Cannon resisted government regulation of business, supported protective tariffs and frowned upon change in general. It was said that had he been present at the Creation he would have voted against it.

Salon

GOP: Masters of comic-book villainy

Kevin McCarthy can't control his own caucus, let alone Congress. His next move is likely political suicide

The Guardian - US

Trump files for judge in federal election interference trial to be taken off case – as it happened

Former US president files motion to recuse Tanya Chutkan over previous comments about his culpability

WEKU

The Freedom Caucus' shutdown threat recalls tactics of past House rebels

The hardline Republicans want to shift the focus of Congress to their own agenda of opposing, investigating and even impeaching the president or members of his administration.

Roll Call

No sign of ‘debt limit 2.0’ talks as shutdown looms - Roll Call

To avoid a shutdown, McCarthy needs to repeat his success in avoiding debt default in May, former colleagues say.

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