House Speaker Fight Exposes Deep Divisions Within Republican Party

House Republicans remain deeply divided as they try to elect a new speaker to replace Kevin McCarthy. The two main candidates are Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan.

Whoever wins will face immediate challenges, like avoiding a government shutdown in mid-November and passing military aid for Ukraine.

Hardline Republicans are demanding massive spending cuts that likely can't pass the Senate or White House. This risks more dysfunction.

No candidate yet has enough support to win a House floor vote. It's unclear if anyone can unify the warring GOP factions.

Prolonged speaker fight exposes Republican Party failures to govern and function effectively as a majority, amid global crises.