House Speaker Ongoing Melodrama

[CJD]

(10-12-2023, 10:17 PM)pally Wrote: Steve Scalise has withdrawn his name from consideration as Speaker of the House.  And the Scalise backers are no way in hell voting for Jim Jordan so they are back to square 1.  In the meantime, the clock is ticking on the next threat of a government shutdown and aid packages to Israel and Ukraine remain undone.

Maybe the Trump purity test is the next step.

I could see a Gaetz or Boebert calling for a public vote for Republicans to "prove their loyalty" to Trump to try and force Republicans to get in line.