Speaker's Race

Jim Jordan Forces His Colleagues To Go On Record And Comes Up Short
‘This Is The Moment’: Some House Republicans Push To Expand McHenry’s Power Amid Speakership Circus
‘Legislative Terrorist’ Jim Jordan Spins Himself As Great Uniter
Whoever The Next House Speaker Is, He’s Doomed
A Speaker Scalise or Jordan would face the same sword of Damocles that brought down McCarthy: the motion to vacate and its one-member threshold that triggers a vote on dethroning the speaker.
Scalise Wins Speakership Nomination, But House Republican Circus May Continue 
Tucker Carlson Helped Broker The Deal That Got McCarthy The Speaker’s Gavel
McCarthy And His Allies Vow: We’ll Never Let You Go MTG
Where Things Stand: A Little Bit Of Anecdotal Data
This is your TPM evening briefing.

In the few hours we weren’t furiously updating our liveblog covering the lawless speakership election each day last week, I spent most of my downtime answering texts and explaining to friends what exactly was happening on the House floor.

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McCarthy Finally Elected Speaker In 15th Round Of Votes
McCarthy Finally Gets Gavel After Losing 14 Speakership Votes 
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