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☆ GOP Rep. Tom Emmer voted for a gay marriage bill in 2022. It may have cost him his bid for speaker.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

On Tuesday, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer dropped out of the speaker race. Two representatives publicly said they wouldn't vote for him given his vote on gay marriage. In 2022, Emmer was one of 39 Republicans to support the Respect for Marriage Act. He dropped out of the race before the day even ended, with two GOP members saying he wasn't fit for the job due to his previous support for a federal gay marriage bill. Rep. Rick Allen, a Republican from Georgia, told reporters on Tuesday that he was "very concerned" about Emmer's same-sex marriage vote and would not be voting for him.

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☆ Kevin McCarthy floats proposal returning him to power and making Jim Jordan assistant House speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Ali Vitali | Scott Wong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. Republican Representative from California Kevin McCarthy speaks with Republican Representative from Ohio Jim Jordan as the U.S. House of Representatives continues voting for new speaker at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, January 4, 2023. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is floating a plan that would reinstall him as House speaker and make conservative Trump ally Rep. Jim Jordan the assistant speaker, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The proposed alliance aims to unite warring factions of the House Republican Conference, which has been leaderless since McCarthy was ejected from the speaker's office. A source briefed on the proposal likened it to the arrangement Democrats had when Rep. Nancy Pelosi was speaker and Rep. Katherine Clark was assistant speaker. "Kevin speaker, Jordan assistant speaker," the source said.

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☆ House plans to vote on Mike Johnson for speaker, fourth Republican nominee
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA) is surrounded by fellow members as he speaks to reporters after securing the nomination for House Speaker from the Republican conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 24, 2023. Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana expects to receive a floor vote in the House of Representatives Wednesday on his nomination for speaker. Johnson, the vice chairman of the House Republican conference, is a social conservative who served on former President Donald Trump's legal defense team during his first impeachment. Trump basically endorsed Johnson for speaker in a post on Truth Social Wednesday, encouraging House Republicans to vote for the Louisianan. For example, the Minnesota Republican voted in 2020 to certify President Joe Biden's election victory.

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☆ Meet Rep. Mike Johnson, the latest GOP speaker nominee who introduced the national version of Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law and played a key role in Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana is the 4th GOP nominee for speaker in 3 weeks. He's a staunch social conservative who introduced a bill similar to Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law. He also moonlights as a Liberty University professor and spearheaded efforts to overturn the 2020 election. AdvertisementAdvertisementFollowing three failed speakership bids in three weeks, House Republicans have now chosen Rep. Mike Johnson of Lousiana to be their latest nominee for speaker of the House. Emmer was ultimately the party's nominee for just over four hours before he withdrew on Tuesday.

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☆ Meet Rep. Mike Johnson, the new speaker of the House who introduced the national version of Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law and played a key role in Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana was elected to be the next speaker of the House on Wednesday. He's a staunch social conservative who introduced a bill similar to Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law. AdvertisementAdvertisementFollowing three failed GOP speakership bids in the three weeks since Kevin McCarthy's ouster, the House elected Rep. Mike Johnson of Lousiana on Wednesday to be the next speaker of the House. Emmer was ultimately the party's nominee for just over four hours before he withdrew on Tuesday. As the speaker, Johnson will be second in line to the presidency behind Vice President Kamala Harris.

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☆ Republicans shouted down a reporter and told her 'shut up' for asking their potential next House speaker about his efforts to overturn the 2020 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An ABC News reporter tried to ask GOP Rep. Mike Johnson about his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. In the end, 125 House Republicans, including then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, signed on to the Supreme Court brief. While House Republicans failed to overturn the results, 139 lawmakers voted to uphold challenges to at least one state. While a majority of House Republicans voted to object to both states, there were some notable exceptions. Emmer, who was then the leader of House Republicans campaign arm, was briefly the GOP's nominee to become speaker of the House on Tuesday.

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☆ Who is Rep. Mike Johnson, the House GOP’s latest speaker nominee?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Piper Hudspeth Blackburn | Shania Shelton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The Louisiana Republican was first elected to the House in 2016 and serves as vice chairman of the House Republican Conference, as well as GOP deputy whip, an assistant leadership role. During Trump’s first impeachment trial in January 2020, Johnson, along with a group of other GOP lawmakers, served a largely ceremonial role in Trump’s Senate impeachment team. My strong SUGGESTION is to go with the leading candidate, Mike Johnson, & GET IT DONE, FAST!” Trump posted. Rep. Mike Johnson files his paperwork at the secretary of state's office after qualifying for his congressional reelection bid on July 20, 2018, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. For that, I stepped aside and threw all my support behind Mike Johnson.

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3 House Republican, dropped his bid only hours after securing the nomination. A social conservative, Mr. Johnson is a lawyer and the former chairman of the Republican Study Committee. This conference that you see, this House Republican majority, is united. Some on the right opposed to Mr. Emmer cited his vote in favor of codifying federal protections for same-sex couples. Mr. Emmer had attempted to mollify Mr. Trump by calling him over the weekend and praising him, according to the former president.

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U.S. Representative Tom Emmer (R-MN) arrives for a House Republican conference meeting to choose a nominee in the race for House Speaker at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 24, 2023. Emmer has been seen as a strong supporter of assisting Ukraine in it war with Russia. A "report card" by the conservative Defending Democracy Together's "Republicans for Ukraine" campaign gave Emmer an "A excellent" rating, based on his past votes. Jordan received an "F very poor" rating, as did Representative Mike Johnson, the last speaker candidate eliminated before Emmer became the nominee. Republicans have a narrow 221-212 House majority, and many have voted for Ukraine aid, but the next speaker could quash more assistance before a proposal reaches the House floor if he opposed the idea.

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☆ Who is Tom Emmer, new Republican nominee for US House speaker?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. Representative Tom Emmer (R-MN) arrives for a House Republican conference meeting to choose a nominee in the race for House Speaker at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 24, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans picked Majority Leader Tom Emmer as their nominee for speaker on Tuesday, making him the third pick in as many weeks, after the last two failed to garner enough support on the House floor to get the gavel. LEADERSHIP ROLEEmmer served as chair of the House Republicans' campaign arm from 2019 to 2022, helping to win back the majority in 2022 before being elected majority whip. Emmer has pushed back on this, pointing to his endorsements of Trump in 2016 and 2020, and adding that other Republican leaders have also not endorsed Trump yet, including former speaker nominee Steve Scalise and former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. However Trump came out swinging against Emmer on Tuesday, saying on social media, "Voting for a Globalist RINO like Tom Emmer would be a tragic mistake!"

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Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio was removed as GOP nominee for speaker in a secret ballot after he lost his third bid on Friday. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the previous speaker, was ousted nearly three weeks ago. Photo: Valerie Plesch/BloombergWASHINGTON—House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R., Minn.) dropped his bid to serve as House speaker just hours after he was narrowly elected as the Republican nominee, as stiff resistance from hard-right conservatives reinforced by former President Donald Trump sank the party’s latest pick to run the chamber. His withdrawal put the Republicans back to square one for the fourth time, three weeks after hard-liners engineered the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.). Republicans regrouped again late Tuesday to map out their next steps, assembling another slate of candidates and holding a fresh forum in the evening.

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Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio was removed as GOP nominee for speaker in a secret ballot after he lost his third bid on Friday. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the previous speaker, was ousted three weeks ago. Photo: Valerie Plesch/BloombergWASHINGTON—Republicans narrowly chose House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R., Minn.) as their nominee for speaker on Tuesday, but his bid to win the gavel immediately ran into trouble, with hard-line conservatives and former President Donald Trump inveighing against him. The developments set the stage for an exasperating replay of previous rounds in the speaker drama, in which a nominee won the party’s nod only to be derailed by a determined band of holdouts, threatening to extend a three-week-old political crisis that began with the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) at the start of month.

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☆ US House Republicans try - again - to pick a leader
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( David Morgan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The sun sets at the U.S. Capitol as House Republican candidates hold a forum before they select the next GOP House Speaker nominee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. October 23, 2023. But after three weeks of infighting, some Republicans predicted that a new speaker could be elected on the House floor quickly. 3 House Republican can point to leadership and campaign fundraising experience that normally would make him a strong candidate for the post. The infighting has left the House unable to respond to President Joe Biden's $106 billion request for aid to Israel, Ukraine and U.S. border security. Republicans control the House by a narrow 221-212 margin, which means they can afford no more than four defections on partisan votes.

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☆ How the ‘uniparty’ myth shut the House down
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Republicans’ House speaker morass continued Tuesday with a little help from former President Donald Trump. Yet another lawmaker with support from most House Republicans – Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota, who was picked as their party’s nominee – failed to get the support of nearly all Republicans. What is ‘uniparty?’The term “uniparty” has been a favorite of people like Steve Bannon, the former Trump White House official turned podcaster. “You’ve got a small band of House conservatives who are fighting, really, in a lot of ways, a political guerrilla war against that uniparty,” Gaetz said. The majority of House Republicans backed Emmer, their fourth choice this year to be speaker, in both secret ballot voting and a behind-closed-doors roll call vote.

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☆ Trump’s Loss of Loyalty
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Susan Milligan | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +7 min

But for Trump, Ellis' plea was especially damaging, since it underscored the steady evaporation of something Trump has demanded from staff and associates since his days as a New York businessman: loyalty. "If I knew then what I know now, I would have declined to represent Donald Trump in these post-election challenges. The three former Trump lawyers who pleaded guilty in Georgia were facing some serious potential consequences, he noted, including not just time behind bars but the loss of their law licenses – and that may take priority over honoring Trump's demands for loyalty. "This is not about Donald Trump vs. Michael Cohen," Cohen said as he entered the New York courtroom. You saw Donald Trump try to walk away from Sidney Powell – despite documentary evidence that he had called her his lawyer.

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☆ Republican US Rep. Emmer drops out of race for House speaker -media
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) departs from a House Republican meeting to discuss possible new candidates to lead them as speaker at the Longworth House Office Building in Washington, U.S., October 23, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan Howard Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Tom Emmer, the No. 3 Republican in the House, has dropped out of the race to become speaker, hours after being nominated for the position, according to media reports on Tuesday. Reporting by Costas Pitas and Katharine Jackson; editing by Dan WhitcombOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ House leadership in limbo: GOP's third shot at filling top spot
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHouse leadership in limbo: GOP's third shot at filling top spotJames Pethokoukis, economic policy analyst at the American Enterprise Institute, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss Rep. Tom Emmer as the speaker nominee, the state of the Republican party, and more.

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☆ Who is Rep. Tom Emmer, the House GOP’s new speaker nominee?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Piper Hudspeth Blackburn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Rep. Tom Emmer, the House majority whip whose bid for House speaker was thrown into immediate jeopardy Tuesday afternoon, has tried to balance an at-times moderate voting record while trying to appeal to the Donald Trump-aligned base of the Republican Party. The Minnesota Republican emerged Tuesday afternoon as House Republicans’ new speaker nominee in the scramble to succeed Kevin McCarthy. Several Republicans who oppose Emmer told CNN Tuesday they will not change their stance and are calling for a new candidate. As majority whip, Emmer has experience with keeping the GOP’s narrow majority in line. McCarthy has backed the Minnesota Republican for speaker and urged the conference to elect him by the end of the week.

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With Trump sitting feet away, Trump’s one-time lawyer and fixer described how he manipulated Trump’s financial statements – “reverse-engineering” them to hit an arbitrary net worth. We’re not worried at all about his testimony,” Trump said during a lunch break. The tense questioning is going to continue into Wednesday, as Habba hadn’t even started on the substance of Cohen’s testimony in the civil fraud trial. In the July 2014 letter submitting a bid to buy the Bills, Trump claimed his net worth was $8 billion. Before Engoron’s ruling, the state attorneys and Trump’s lawyers clashed over Michael Cohen’s testimony about the letter.

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☆ Rep. Tom Emmer nominated by GOP for House speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, a Republican from Minnesota, speaks to members of the media following a House Republican caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Emmer, the Republican majority whip, prevailed over a crowded field of eight GOP candidates after several rounds of voting Tuesday morning. Interim Speaker Patrick McHenry has said the nominee could face a vote before the House floor as soon as Tuesday. It is unclear if Emmer can secure the 217 Republican votes needed on the House floor. He can only afford to lose four GOP votes, as Democrats have lined up in lockstep behind their nominee, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York.

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☆ Mike Johnson picked as new GOP speaker nominee just hours after Tom Emmer drops bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Clare Foran Melanie Zanona Lauren Fox Manu Raju Haley Talbot Kristin Wilson Annie Grayer | Clare Foran | Melanie Zanona | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

In the final round of secret-ballot voting, Johnson was elected speaker nominee with 128 votes. McCarthy received 43 votes, the next highest tally, and some House Republicans are blaming the California Republican for undercutting Johnson’s ascent. Members of Trump’s team also called GOP members and urged them to oppose Emmer for speaker, two sources told CNN. Leaving a GOP conference meeting Monday night, Emmer told CNN, “We have a good relationship,” when asked about Trump. “Right now, I think it is apparent to the American people that the GOP conference is hopelessly divided.

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☆ Republicans nominate House Majority Whip Tom Emmer for House Speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailRepublicans nominate House Majority Whip Tom Emmer for House SpeakerCNBC's Emily Wilkins joins 'Halftime Report' to discuss the latest news in the House speaker election.

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☆ A Third Speaker Nominee Failed to Unify Republicans
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Matthew Cullen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

House Republicans voted this afternoon to nominate Tom Emmer — a Representative from Minnesota who holds the No. 3 leadership post — to be the chamber’s next speaker. Emmer is now the third Republican this month to be chosen by his party to become speaker, only to have his bid collapse in a seemingly endless cycle of G.O.P. About two dozen right-wing Republicans quickly indicated that they would not vote for him on the House floor, all but certainly denying the majority he would need. The former president said that it would be a “tragic mistake” if Emmer, who pitched himself as a unity candidate, became speaker, and called him a “Globalist RINO” — short for “Republican in name only.”

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House Majority Whip Tom Emmer’s speaker bid crashed and burned on Tuesday just hours after his party nominated him for the gavel amid deep divisions within the conference that began to appear insurmountable three weeks into the standoff. And for other lawmakers, they simply didn’t believe Emmer could get the backing needed to secure the gavel. Emmer narrowly won the party’s nomination on the fifth round of votes behind closed doors on Tuesday in a contest that began with seven candidates, with the lowest vote-getter being dropped each round. Some of those candidates are expected to relaunch their bids for speaker in light of Emmer’s bowing out. Johnson, who was elected in 2016 and serves as the vice chairman of the House GOP conference, made a pitch as a “consensus candidate” for speaker.

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☆ Emmer Drops Speaker Bid After Right-Wing Backlash
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Luke Broadwater | More About Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“RINO Tom Emmer, who I do not know well, is not one of them. He never respected the Power of a Trump Endorsement, or the breadth and scope of MAGA—MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”A majority of those opposed to Mr. Emmer were members of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus and loyal to Mr. Trump. Any candidate for speaker can lose only a handful of votes and still win the speakership because Republicans hold such a small majority in the House. Only hours later, Mr. Emmer decided to drop his bid, according to a person familiar with his thinking who divulged it on the condition of anonymity before it was officially announced. The Republican disarray underscored a new ethos that has gripped the House G.O.P.

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