More than three dozen House Republicans who supported a federal abortion ban in the last Congress have yet tonot signed on this year, reflecting a shifting political calculus after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Nearly 200 G.O.P. lawmakers have supported Representative Jim Jordan, the hard-right Ohio lawmaker, in the speaker fight. Some Republicans say that may doom the party in coming elections.
A long-shot Democratic effort to force a debt-limit increase to the floor hinges on at least five G.O.P. defections. These House Republicans are considered the likeliest.