The House recently deposed its speaker for the first time ever. Members of Congress face criminal indictments. The House has struggled to elect a new speaker. Things seem unsteady, even dangerous. Has it ever been like this before? And what comes next? Molly Reynolds, senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, joins the podcast to discuss.
Show Notes:
- House members discuss lifting limits on speaker pro tem power
- What’s to stop the House speaker chaos from happening again to the next guy?
- House Democrats see Republican speaker ‘dysfunction’ as path to majority in 2024
- Don’t blame gerrymandering for House GOP speaker mess
- Boehner to Ryan to McCarthy to — Jordan?
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