Dave Joyce con­sid­ers giv­ing McHen­ry tem­po­rary pow­er in move with chill­ing his­to­ry

One Repub­li­can rep­re­sen­ta­tive is look­ing into giv­ing Speak­er Pro Tem­pore Patrick McHen­ry (R‑NC) more pow­er for a brief peri­od to com­plete impor­tant House busi­ness before the GOP con­fer­ence car­ries out what promis­es to be a long and dif­fi­cult speak­er fight.
Cen­trist Rep. Dave Joyce (R‑OH) has been field­ing an idea to pro­vide McHen­ry with full speak­er pow­ers for a lim­it­ed peri­od, with exam­ples of one to three months, per sev­er­al reports. The Ohio Repub­li­can said he dis­cussed such a plan with the House par­lia­men­tar­i­an.
HIGHER SHELTER AND ENERGY PRICES PROPPED UP INFLATION AT 3.7% IN SEPTEMBER
The idea comes as the House runs out of time to address a series of appro­pri­a­tions mea­sures after bare­ly avert­ing a gov­ern­ment shut­down last month. Addi­tion­al­ly, the House …