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

Published: Oct. 17, 2023, 9:45 a.m.

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 \u201clegislative terrorist\u201d by a former speaker of his own party.\n\nCatie Edmondson, who covers Congress for The Times, talks through the latest turns in the saga of the leaderless House.\n\nGuest: Catie Edmondson, a congressional correspondent for The New York Times.