These Are the Possible GOP Holdouts in the House Speaker Vote Only one Republican representative has confirmed that he will oppose Mike Johnson’s return as House speaker, but a few other conservatives have remained undecided.

For Red State Holdouts Like Kansas, Is Expanding Medicaid Within Reach? As Southern states reconsider Medicaid expansion, Gov. Laura Kelly of Kansas is pushing her own plan meant to appeal to conservatives. So far, success has been elusive.

Jordan Inches Closer to Speakership, but Republican Holdouts Remain The Ohio Republican won over several mainstream members of his party who had initially withheld their support, but was still short of the votes needed to win the gavel.

How the Shutdown Holdouts Have Antagonized McCarthy Before Some of Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s most persistent tormentors assembled Friday to defeat a stopgap spending measure to avoid a government shutdown, the latest episode in a pattern of blocking his efforts in the House.