Don Bacon, a centrist Republican from Nebraska, has beforehand expressed an openness to working with Democrats to elect a compromise speaker if Mr McCarthy fails. Fred Upton, a former Republican congressman from Michigan with average credentials, has expressed an openness to presenting himself as a coalition choose (there isn’t any requirement {that a} speaker needs to be a present member of Congress). And there is been some speak of sweeteners for Democrats, like rule adjustments that may permit them to introduce laws or extra committee energy.
