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1. Who are the Republican candidates to be US House Speaker?
Mon Oct 23, 2023, 10:54 AM
Oct 2023
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67195019

Who are the Republican candidates to be US House Speaker?

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Nearly three weeks after Kevin McCarthy's ouster, the Republican party's fraught search for a Speaker of the House of Representatives continues.
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It is unclear who the party will now nominate for the position.

House Republicans will hear from nine new candidates at a closed-door forum on Monday evening, which is expected to be followed an internal conference vote on Tuesday.

A vote could follow on the House floor as early as the same day, although the eventual nominee may be given more time to garner votes among his colleagues in the fractured conference.
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((further descriptions of each candidate))

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