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New York Times
17 Oct 2023
Michael BarbaroWill ReidRachel QuesterDan PowellChris Wood


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The House of Representatives still has no speaker, crippling a vital branch of the government. And the Republican who seems to be in the strongest position to take the role, Jim Jordan of Ohio, was once called a “legislative terrorist” by a former speaker of his own party.

Catie Edmondson, who covers Congress for The Times, talks through the latest turns in the saga of the leaderless House.


On today’s episode

Catie Edmondson, a congressional correspondent for The New York Times.

ImageJim Jordan is walking through a crowd of reporters. He is wearing a yellow tie and looking down.
House Republicans on Friday nominated Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio, the hard-right chairman of the Judiciary Committee, to be their next speaker.Credit...Kenny Holston/The New York Times

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Catie Edmondson contributed reporting.

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