Assuming Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) fails again to be elected speaker, Republicans must decide whether to immediately move to vote to empower Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry (R-NC) for some period of time or whether to recess and hold a closed House Republican Conference meeting, Punchbowl News reports.
CNN reports Jordan’s allies are pushing hard against empowering McHenry because he wants to keep fighting to become speaker himself.
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
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Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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