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Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), who is retiring at the end of this term, has a warning for conservatives he says are fostering an "absurd" goal of reigning in the powers of the House speakership while hoping for "conservative outcomes".

In an exit interview with Politico, McHenry said that a strong Congress was essential to balance the powers of the executive branch.

"What Congress has done since the Progressive Era is hand away power to agencies in the executive branch — and what we’ve done since ’94 is diminish Congress’ power, which is actually completely out of alignment for what the Founding Fathers wanted. They wanted a strong legislative branch to counter the executive branch," McHenry said....

WASHINGTON – The House isn’t just speaker-less, it also appears to be rudderless.

Things are so bad in the GOP, House Republicans can’t even agree on who isn’t leading them now that Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) has twice tried — and failed badly — to win enough votes to earn the speakership.

Raw Story tracked down 20 House members Wednesday, and simply asked: Who’s in charge? ...

WASHINGTON – While a small band of House Republicans are backing former President Donald Trump to replace Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as speaker of the House — there’s no constitutional requirement that the speaker must be an elected lawmaker — key Republican senators won’t even entertain the idea.

“I don’t have any comment,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) replied when asked.

Some of the very same Republicans who are glad McCarthy’s gone are mum when it comes to giving Trump the speaker’s gavel....