With the top job in the U.S. House of Representatives still vacant as of Friday night, a mixed-bag of names are being thrown around for consideration when it comes to who will dust off the gavel that's sat dormant since October 3. But among these names — Jack Bergman of Michigan, Kevin Hern of Oklahoma and Austin Scott of Georgia, to name a few — only one has the endorsement of Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and that's Republican Majority Whip Tom Emmer.
In a verbal thumbs up given at the end of a week of voting rounds that went nowhere, McCarthy heaped praise upon Emmer, saying, “He is the right person for the job. He can unite the conference. He understands the dynamics of the conference. He also understands what it takes to win and keep a majority."
