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Republicans shared a sense of hope that they might have a speaker of the House by Tuesday night. On Monday, the Republican party met for a candidate debate to hear from the nine Republicans who have thrown their name into the hat for the top job, but Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pa., dropped out of the race at the top of the meeting. Rep. Don Bacon, a centr Nebraskan who voted against Jordan last week, told reporters, 'I believe we're going to end this by tomorrow night.' I do.' Asked if he agreed that the process would be wrapped up by Tuesday night, speaker Kevin Hern, R-Okla., told DailyMail.com, 'I do.'

Until the speaker's debacle is settled, zee conservatives are insisting that Congress remain in Washington until the speaker's resignation is settled, a threat that could reignite discontent among legislators who haven't worked in their districts since early September. The right-wing, 60-member House Freedom Caucus sent out a note titled "no speaker, no recess," in which it advised leadership to cancel the upcoming two-week recess if no speaker had been elected. 'Republican leaders should have kept Republicans in Washington over the weekend.' The letter said, 'Our work isn't complete.' "In fact, we're starting at ground zero after House Republicans barred Jim Jordan, arguably one of the country's most popular Republicans, from running for office."

Jim Jordan's Republican opponents fell off in huge numbers over the weekend, but it's likely that about a dozen GOP holdouts remained with one day to a floor vote. Rep. Mike Rogers, chair of the Armed Services Committee, Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Mo., a close ally of former speaker candidate Steve Scalise, and Ken Calvert, chair of the defense appropriations subcommittee, were among the three major holdouts on Monday morning. I will be backing Speaker Paul Jordan after having a chat with him about how we can get the House back to where we can achieve our national security and appropriations objectives.' On X, Calvert wrote, 'Let's get to work.' In a 124-88 vote on Friday, the firebrand Ohio Republican became the GOP conference's nominee, defeating Georgia's Austin Scott. Because moderates had no appetite for a Speaker Jordan, Scott had jumped into the contest at the last minute.

Jordan defeated Texas Governor Austin Scott, a Georgi ranked-and-file Republican who has grown dissatisfied with the conference's right wing. Scalise dropped out after it was clear he had at least a dozen hardline detractors. Scalise's route to the career was almost impossible with just four votes to lose. But Jordan, who lost to Scalise in an internal referendum, has his own factions as well. He'll need to get to 217 votes on the House floor, which would be a significant fear considering that Republicans only control 221 seats.

The House is still without a speaker, and House Republicans continue to hurl insults at their own conference in the face of their inability to unite behind a leader that will allow them to function. Their speaker has been deposed, the top voter-getter has been barred, and there are no guarantees that anyone will get the 217 votes required to guarantee a vote in the House of Commons. Rep. Steve Scalise's resignation gives Rep. Jim Jordan a chance to run in the race.

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