Tag Archives: Arrington and Williams eye speaker’s job as Jordan is rejected

WASHINGTON — Republicans scrambled to pick a new House speaker after holdouts blocked Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan on a third ballot Friday, ensuring paralysis at the Capitol stretches to three weeks. Three Texas Republicans quickly joined a small stampede of potential and declared candidates. Rep. Pete Sessions of Waco, who led the party’s House campaign arm during its landslide wins …

Read More »