New York’s powerful House Republican delegation is trying to use its political clout this weekend to end the long-running intraparty war and select a president-designate that the entire GOP can get behind, The House has learned. Post.
“The New York Republican delegation is now pulling its weight as a large majority-building delegation and is interviewing every speaker candidate this weekend, led by the dean of the delegation,” the conference chairwoman said. House Republican Elise Stefanik said a senior official. state Republican Party official.
A top campaign strategist for the New York Republican Party said he expects Stefanik and the state delegation to play a big role in determining the next speaker, adding that he believes Stefanik will be able to unify the party to choose a candidate who can secure enough support. to win.
“The Republican delegation from New York is the one that forms the majority and without them we do not have a [House] majority,” said the strategist.
House Republicans return to Congress on Monday as their internal battle over their new speaker stretches into a third week.AP
“I think they will have a great participation [and] important bloc of voters.”
New York holds 11 of the House Republican caucus’ 222 seats, mostly in swing districts that the party must hold to maintain its slim majority.
Potential candidates have until noon Sunday to officially notify their candidacy to Stefanik, who oversees the presidential selection process.
Representative Jim Jordan could not gather the support of at least 217 Republicans, dooming his candidacy for president.JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Alex deGrasse, Stefanik’s senior adviser, said declared candidates will participate in a candidate forum on Monday at 6:30 p.m. and an election to choose a designated speaker will be held on Tuesday at 9:00 a.m.
That’s when the GOP’s internal war could reach a new level of chaos, as up to a dozen candidates – from budget hawks and Trump surrogates to centrists crossing the aisles – vie to become the third president. appointed in as many weeks.
Tensions within the majority conference are at their highest since Oct. 3, when dissident Republicans joined with Democrats to unseat former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, then failed to unite behind two potential replacements, the Rep. Steve Scalise and Rep. Jim Jordan, leaving the House in handcuffs. unable to carry out any new business.
Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer, the current House majority leader, hopes to take the top spot in the party.
At the candidate forum, a new slate of would-be speakers will compete in another attempt to unite around a leader with whom at least 217 of the group’s 222 members (the number needed to elect a new president in a floor vote) of the House) may agree. even if reluctantly.
“There’s a lot of baggage,” said Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.). “A lot of anger.”
The candidates include Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer, who as House Majority Leader is already near the top of his hierarchy.
Oklahoma Rep. Kevin Hern heads the Republican Study Committee, a large conservative group.REUTERS
McCarthy quickly endorsed Emmer, calling him “the right person for the job.” Florida Rep. Matt Goetz, who led McCarthy’s downfall, reportedly named Emmer as a possible compromise candidate earlier this month.
But an establishment Republican like Emmer might have a hard time healing the party’s fractured factions.
As a member of the House Financial Services Committee, he accepted donations from accused cryptocriminal Sam Bankman-Fried and his associates at FTX, and has felt persecuted for his past support of a Democrat-led effort to abolish the Electoral College.
Rep. Byron Donalds, a two-term Florida congressman, is a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump.Getty Images
Oklahoma Rep. Kevin Hern has a natural base of support as chairman of the Republican Study Committee, the largest conservative group in the House, minus the hard feelings that build up toward top brass like Emmer.
“There are a lot of historical relationships that some won’t be able to fix,” Hern told reporters Friday.
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“I don’t have those negatives.”
Hern has been an outspoken critic of continued spending in Ukraine and has been criticized for his proposals to raise the retirement age as a means to bail out Social Security.
At 44, Florida Rep. Byron Donalds is the youngest lawmaker in the race for president and so far his only black contender.
Donalds, a fierce supporter of former President Trump, was McCarthy’s main conservative rival during the protracted 15-vote presidential election in January, but later became an ally of McCarthy, helping negotiate the continuing resolution that averted a government shutdown on last month.
Little-known Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.), who lost a conference vote to Jordan last week, renewed its offer for president on Friday, while Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Mich.), 76, entered the race for the first time and House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas). He said he was “seriously considering” he.
Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson also threw his hat in the ring Saturday, filing his paperwork with Republican Conference leaders, as did Texas Rep. Pete Sessions, who is serving his 12th term in Congress.
“I know what it will take to move the Republican Party forward,” Sessions published in X.
Choosing a new speaker by the end of Tuesday is the “goal,” said Interim Speaker Patrick McHenry (R.N.C.).
That would mean a speaker vacancy of three full weeks, the longest power vacuum in the House since 1856, when it took two months (and 133 votes) to elect a new leader.
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