#House Republicans push unity ‘pledge’ to guarantee a #speaker
The #GOP is wary of another fiasco on the House floor.
The device: A simple two-paragraph pledge, spearheaded by Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.), to vote “yea” on the floor for whoever wins the House Republican conference’s backing in the initial secret-ballot To pick up more commitments, Flood is organizing a bloc of Republicans to withhold support from candidates unless they press their backers to sign the pledge
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/21/speakership-scramble-continues-with-new-crop-of-candidates-staking-their-claims-00122884
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