What We're Watching
The House Republican circus rolls on
It took five rounds of voting on Tuesday to make Tom Emmer of Minnesota the Republican nominee for speaker of the US House of Representatives … and about four more hours to persuade him his continued candidacy was doomed. Late Tuesday, House Republicans then voted to make Mike Johnson of Louisiana their fourth nominee (in three weeks!) for speaker. Can he get the 217 votes needed to win the job?
Oct 24, 2023
