Eyes have been on the House for months as hard-line conservatives within the Republican Party have stoked fires and prompted infighting through a delay of votes, the ousting of a speaker, and threats to vacate the chair for minor frustrations.
The level of chaos in the lower chamber has placed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and other House GOP leaders in tough spots, forcing them to pull bills or, if they do go to the floor, go through several rounds of voting to pass legislation.
Around Thanksgiving last year, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) put his fellow Republicans in the hot seat, yelling at them to “give me one thing — one! — that I can go campaign on and say we did. One!” In his and several other House Republicans’ eyes, they have little to
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