The Arm-Twisting, Back-Stabbing Battle for House Speaker

Oct 17, 2023

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The House of Representatives still has no speaker, crippling a vital branch of the government. And the Republican who seems to be in the strongest position to take the role, Jim Jordan of Ohio, was once called a “legislative terrorist” by a former speaker of his own party.

Catie Edmondson, who covers Congress for The Times, talks through the latest turns in the saga of the leaderless House.

Guest: Catie Edmondson, a congressional correspondent for The New York Times.

Background reading:

Allies of Jim Jordan are threatening right-wing retribution to any Republican lawmakers who oppose him.
Analysis: With the world in crisis, House Republicans bicker among themselves, Carl Hulse writes.

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