not tonight

 

[from CBS News]

Washington - House Majority Whip Tom Emmer has dropped out of the Republican race for speaker, the third speaker-designee to drop out in less than three weeks since hardline Republicans ousted Rep. Kevin McCarthy from the position.

Emmer's decision to drop out of the race a mere four hours after Republicans elected him as their nominee sends House Republicans back again to try to find a new nominee after three weeks without a permanent speaker.

House Republicans are holding another candidate forum Tuesday evening and gave the next round of candidates until 5:30 p.m. to declare their bids for the speakership.

Emmer won an election Tuesday against a large field of eight Republicans.  Rep. Mike Johnson came in second place after several rounds of voting.  Johnson tried to rally holdouts around Emmer without much success.

Former President Donald Trump opposed Emmer shortly after he won the nomination.  Trump posted on Truth Social, "Voting for a Globalist RINO like Tom Emmer would be a tragic mistake!"  He said Emmer was "out of touch with Republican voters" and "never respected the Power of a Trump Endorsement."

The Minnesota Republican needed to persuade the far-right members of the conference to vote for him on the floor.  A roll-call vote in the conference indicated that there were over 20 who opposed Emmer, far more than the four Republicans he could afford to lose on the House floor.

Without a speaker-designee, no votes are foreseeable on Tuesday, and the House remains more or less paralyzed.  Without a speaker, it can't pass legislation, such as funding for Ukraine and Israel.

Speaker Pro Tempore Rep. Patrick McHenry is in charge, but insists his role is limited to overseeing the election of a new speaker.  An effort to potentially expand McHenry's power shriveled last week.

by Melissa Quinn, Kathryn Watson, Nikole Killion, Caroline Linton

House will not vote on speaker tonight

A vote on the next House speaker won't happen Tuesday night, according to the Democratic Whip's office.

"Members are advised that House Republicans are planning to adjourn and votes are no longer expected in the House today," a notice from House Minority Whip Rep. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts said.

House Republicans are expected to vote within their conference for a new speaker nominee this evening.

by Caitlin Yilek

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Odd phraseology in Donald Trump's social media typing:  Emmer "never respected the Power of a Trump Endorsement."  It reminds me of a running joke, or running reference, in The Sopranos - Uncle June will say, "Yeah, well, Tony never had the makings of a varsity athlete," and Tony will get aggravated.

The two comments echo each other and have a similar rhythm and emphasis, and dismissive tone.

"Tony never had the makings of a varsity athlete."

"Emmer never respected the Power of a Trump Endorsement."

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        In Mr. Trump's tweet (except if it isn't on Twitter, then it isn't a Tweet, I guess) - social media typing - the word "power" has no reason to be capitalized, and the same goes for the word "endorsement."

        To be correct, it should read "never respected the power of a Trump endorsement."

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(Ross Geller:  "Stop typing!  Stop typing!")

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