House Republicans Swear They’ll Find Their Speaker This Time

Almost exactly three weeks into their House Speaker debacle, Republicans were back at square one Monday night, meeting in the same room where they first heard from candidates weeks ago, hearing about the same solutions to the same problems that GOP lawmakers keep bringing up. Only this time, they insisted it was different. “I feel optimistic that by tomorrow night, we'll have a speaker,” said Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE). “I hope everybody learned a lesson,” Bacon continued. “When you're five people or eight people and you undercut the majority, there's...