President Biden tells reporters the GOP's struggle to elect a House speaker is 'not my problem.' 'I just think it’s a little embarrassing it’s taking so long,' he says.
said in an interview Tuesday night that she's open to voting for McCarthy for speaker — a development that could signal the beginnings of a patchwork bipartisan coalition that hands the beleaguered Republican the gavel.
In a statement to NBC News, Kaptur aide David Zavac said that the congresswoman is"proud to support Hakeem Jeffries," the Democratic candidate for speaker. The contours of the talks continue to hinge on such things as lowering the number of members needed to trigger a motion to vacate the chair and questions of House procedure. But the goal isn't to get all 20 members opposed to McCarthy to flip; rather, it's to get some to flip and others to vote present, requiring a smaller majority threshold that McCarthy could clear on the floor.
Leaving a meeting with McCarthy late Tuesday night, Westerman said, “There’s no rule, or anything, that says how long it can or can’t go on.”Zoë Richards
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