House Republicans Try to Pick Speaker With ‘2%’ Chance of Quick Choice
- Republican lawmakers meet Wednesday to choose speaker nominee
- Ouster of McCarthy inflamed tensions in divided party
The US Capitol in Washington, DC.
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House Republicans head into a speaker election Wednesday without clarity on how long it will take to agree on a new leader, sowing uncertainty about funding the US government and aid to Ukraine and Israel.
Representative Tom Massie of Kentucky emerged from a closed-door meeting of House Republicans Tuesday evening putting the chances that his fractious party settles on a nominee for speaker in the Wednesday vote at “2%” because many members have entrenched views about their preferred candidate.