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It’s Day 20 and Congress is still without a House speaker

On Day 20 without a House speaker, Republicans found themselves starting over on Monday — bumbling ahead with few ideas about who will lead, what they are fighting over and when they will get Congress working again.

By Associated Press

Oct. 23, 2023

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It's Day 20 without a House speaker, and Republicans are starting over. Nine lower-level Republican lawmakers are now running to be the House speaker, but none with any clear shot for the gavel.
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Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pa., tells reporters he is out of the race for House speaker as Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the next speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 23.
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Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., arrives as Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the new House speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 23.
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Staff members bring in food before Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the new House speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 23.
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Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, arrives as Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the new House speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 23.
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Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., arrives as Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the new House speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 23.
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Temporary House Speaker Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., arrives as Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the new House speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 23.
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U.S. Capitol Police officer stands guard outside the office of the Speaker of the House on Capitol Hill, Monday, Oct. 23, in Washington.
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The U.S. Capitol is seen on Monday, Oct. 23, in Washington.
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Rep. David Joyce, R-Ohio, upper left, confers with House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., as Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, center, and former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., far right, tabulate votes as Republicans failed to elect Jordan as speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17. After the rejection of McCarthy, Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Jordan by the GOP caucus, Emmer is emerging as the newest probable candidate to hold the gavel.
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House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., center, is flanked by Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., the temporary leader of the House of Representatives, left, and Rep. David Joyce, R-Ohio, right, as lawmakers convene to hold a third ballot to elect a speaker of the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20. After the rejection of former speaker Kevin McCarthy, Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan by the GOP caucus, Emmer is emerging as the newest probable candidate to hold the gavel.

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