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Stefanie Lindquist, Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University

GOP's House paralysis is a crisis in a time of crises

There's trouble under the U.S. Capitol dome. iStock / Getty Images Plus

House Republicans fired one leader, Kevin McCarthy, and have spent almost three weeks trying unsuccessfully to choose another to succeed him as speaker of the House. That’s left the U.S. House of Representatives unable to do its work, paralyzing the entire legislative branch of government, because the Senate can’t pass legislation without a functioning House.

Is this a “constitutional crisis?” Or something less significant?

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