House Commerce's Palmer Joins GOP Speaker Race
House Commerce Committee member Gary Palmer of Alabama announced Sunday he would seek the Republican caucus’ speaker nomination, a race that will pit him against Majority Whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota and seven other candidates. Palmer and the other hopefuls…
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were expected to speak Monday afternoon at a caucus meeting. The Republicans will vote Tuesday on a new nominee to replace Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio, whose candidacy ended last week (see 2310200067). Palmer, who joined House Commerce in the last Congress, led filing in 2021 of the Standard Fees to Expedite Evaluation and Streamlining Act, one of the Republicans’ package of broadband permitting measures (see 2102160067).