Chip Roy bid for Rules chair emerges as key issue ahead of Speaker vote

Rep. Chip Roy’s (R-Texas) bid to be chair of the House Rules Committee is emerging as a key issue for those withholding support for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) ahead of Friday afternoon’s Speaker election. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo), who has withheld support for Johnson, told former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Ga.) in a Thursday interview on his...