{"id":1464,"date":"2022-12-16T21:04:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T21:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=1464"},"modified":"2022-12-16T21:04:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T21:04:33","slug":"gop-lawmakers-turn-up-the-intensity-in-house-speaker-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/politics\/gop-lawmakers-turn-up-the-intensity-in-house-speaker-battle\/njackson\/2022\/12\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Lawmakers Turn up the Intensity in House Speaker Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Republican lawmakers are turning up the intensity in the halls of Congress over the fight for the next Speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Supporters for Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) are signaling where they stand by wearing custom &#8220;O.K&#8221; buttons, meaning &#8220;only Kevin.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-backers-only-kevin-ok-pins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Washington Examiner<\/a>, the conservative\u00a0House Freedom Caucus\u00a0has lined up against\u00a0McCarthy\u2019s\u00a0bid, with the most militant members dubbed the \u201cNever Kevin\u201d faction. Now, a group of centrist Republicans is continuing the riff on \u201cNever Trump\u201d by turning the label on its head, vowing to support \u201cOnly Kevin\u201d on Jan. 3, when the House will elect a new speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">GOP lawmakers from the Republican Governance Group are rocking \u201cOK\u201d buttons \u2014 aka \u201cOnly Kevin\u201d buttons \u2014 in support of McCarthy today. <br><br>They\u2019re trying to act as a counter weight to the \u201cNever Kevin\u201d movement. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Kzcj5A2ESl\">pic.twitter.com\/Kzcj5A2ESl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Melanie Zanona (@MZanona) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MZanona\/status\/1603082637324738560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The OK (Only Kevin) pins some members of the Republican Governance Group are wearing today <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GHxStJKbjI\">pic.twitter.com\/GHxStJKbjI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Olivia Beavers (@Olivia_Beavers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Olivia_Beavers\/status\/1603108298823438336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>McCarthy won the speaker nomination from his conference last month with 31 Republican holdouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>McCarthy will need a majority of votes \u2014 218 if all lawmakers cast their ballot \u2014 but with Republicans commanding only a four-vote majority next year, McCarthy and his surrogates have the daunting task of chipping away at nearly all the GOP opposition in time for the vote. If he can&#8217;t, there could be a floor fight and multiple rounds of voting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the Republican Governance Group were seen sporting the \u201cO.K.\u201d pins around the Capitol this week in support of the minority leader. The centrist caucus, formerly known as the Tuesday Group, has urged Freedom Caucus members to drop their opposition,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/tensions-rise-mccarthys-speakership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">penning a letter<\/a>\u00a0earlier this month likening the intraparty fighting to the conference \u201chandcuffing itself to a burning building before\u201d the next Congress even begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Freedom Caucus members are demanding a number of concessions from McCarthy in exchange for their vote, most controversially a change to the \u201cmotion to vacate the chair,\u201d a procedure that can be used to oust a sitting speaker. The lawmakers want to enable any single member to offer the motion.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Arizona Congressman and Freedom Caucus chairman Andy Biggs is planning to challenge McCarthy for the Speaker&#8217;s gavel in a floor vote in January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican lawmakers are turning up the intensity in the halls of Congress over the fight for the next Speaker. Supporters for Rep. 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