Speaker candidate Rep. Pete Sessions wants to shift House Republicans from fighting to fixing, and believes he could do that if he wins the gavel.
Speaker candidate Rep. Pete Sessions wants to shift House Republicans from fighting to fixing and believes he could if he wins the gavel.
Mr. Sessions, 68, is one of seven candidates to jump into the race for Speaker of the House following a closed-door vote to drop Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan of Ohio as the conference’s speaker designate.
Mr. Sessions of Texas told Fox News that it was time for the conference to come together following three weeks of spinning its wheels trying to elect a new speaker to replace former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Infighting and growing frustrations have caused deepening divisions within the conference, and have left the lower chamber paralyzed for three weeks.
