Bacon has floated this before. But as far as I'm aware he remains the only R to raise it publicly.

@RationalLeft He's hoping the Dems will get tired of the shenanigans and bail them out. I don't think the Dems feel the same.

Now, if they want to send a few more votes to Jeffries and make him Speaker, I imagine they would be okay with that.

@PoliticalEd If Rs approach Ds to try to negotiate a deal for a relatively sane R Speaker, Ds should negotiate.

But that's a huge "if." Most Rs will resist fiercely.