Museum denizens were appropriate onlookers for Casada vote
House Republicans found no confidence in Speaker Glen Casada's ability to lead with a 45-24 vote. Casada said he will start meeting with leadership on June 3 when he returns from a European vacation and start the transition to a new Speaker. (Mark Humphrey/Associated Press file)
A funky chicken, a creepy penguin and a half-naked bear-woman stood sentinel outside the meeting room at 21C Museum Hotel, where House Republicans debated the fate of House Speaker Glen Casada.
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Glen Casada Jeremy Faison Jim Coley Mark WhiteSam Stockard
Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.
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