Metropolitan Digital

Men's Weekly


.

It's been a week of speaker chaos in the House of Representatives – and we have some questions

  • Written by Rachel Paine Caufield, Professor of Political Science, Drake University
It's been a week of speaker chaos in the House of Representatives – and we have some questionsMore jaw-jaw needed to end the GOP speaker war, Mr. McCarthy?Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images

It is fair to say that the beginning of the 118th U.S. Congress has not gone entirely to plan.

In the space of four days, members-elect of the House of Representatives have held more than a dozen votes over who would take on the role of speaker. Yet, as of...

Read more: It's been a week of speaker chaos in the House of Representatives – and we have some questions

More Articles ...

  1. How California could save up its rain to ease future droughts — instead of watching epic atmospheric river rainfall drain into the Pacific
  2. Richard Avedon, Truman Capote and the brutality of photography
  3. Alcohol use is widely accepted in the US, but even moderate consumption is associated with many harmful effects
  4. Visualizing the inside of cells at previously impossible resolutions provides vivid insights into how they work
  5. What is Pentecostal Christianity?
  6. 4 ways Netanyahu's new far-right government threatens Israeli democracy
  7. Ancient Greece had extreme polarization and civil strife too -- how Thucydides can help us understand Jan. 6 and its aftermath
  8. Foams used in car seats and mattresses are hard to recycle – we made a plant-based version that avoids polyurethane's health risks, too
  9. Ukraine schools remain a key battlefront in fight for nation's future
  10. Making sweat feel spiritual didn't start with SoulCycle – a religion scholar explains
Metropolitan republishes selected articles from The Conversation USA with permission

Visit The Conversation to see more