The Arm-Twisting, Back-Stabbing Battle for House Speaker

<p>The House of Representatives still has no speaker, crippling a vital branch of the government. And the Republican who seems to be in the strongest position to take the role, Jim Jordan of Ohio, was once called a “legislative terrorist” by a former speaker of his own party.</p><p>Catie Edmondson, who covers Congress for The Times, talks through the latest turns in the saga of the leaderless House.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/catie-edmondson?smid=pc-thedaily">Catie Edmondson</a>, a congressional correspondent for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Allies of Jim Jordan<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/14/us/house-speaker-republicans-jordan.html"> are threatening right-wing retribution</a> to any Republican lawmakers who oppose him.</li><li>Analysis: With the world in crisis, House Republicans<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/12/us/politics/house-republicans-bicker-world-crisis.html"> bicker among themselves</a>, Carl Hulse writes.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>