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Sessions dropped out of the race after a first round of voting within the Republican conference. Williams entered the race after the apparent front-runner, Tom Emmer of Minnesota, failed to reach the 217-vote threshold, but later on Tuesday evening and the Texas lawmaker was also out.

House Republicans on Monday night expressed some cautious optimism that their time without a leader is nearly over.

Reps. Kay Granger, Tony Gonzales and Jake Ellzey were firm in their opposition to Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan.

House Republicans huddled Friday morning to consider internal rules changes that would require them to unite behind a speaker candidate.

Conservative critics of Steve Scalise show no sign of relenting

Allies of Rep Jim Jordan going for 17 October vote as GOP moderates begin to cave and fall in line

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise was facing an uphill climb in his bid for the speaker's gavel Thursday.

The two Texas holdouts, combined with a handful of other members who have vowed to vote against Rep. Steve Scalise, could delay the selection of the next House speaker.

House Republicans began formally debating who should be their next speaker Tuesday night ahead of a potential GOP conference vote Wednesday.

In January, some Republican Texans led the charge to challenge McCarthy’s leadership bid. But this time, all Texas Republicans who were present voted to save McCarthy and every U.S. House Democrat voted to remove him.

A split among House Republicans could lead to a shutdown and the ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Eric Garcia and Andrew Feinberg report