Having lost the first vote to become House speaker, Rep. Jim Jordan will try on a decisive second ballot
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee arrives for a meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. will try again Wednesday on a decisive second ballot that will test whether the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump can win over detractors or if his bid for the gavel is collapsing.
"We’ve been at this two weeks. American people deserve to have their their government functioning. Let’s get an answer,” he said. Jeffries swiftly intervened, declaring it was time for Republicans to partner with Democrats to reopen the House — in what would be anto McHenry or another temporary speaker. The House had never ousted its speaker before McCarthy, and the lawmakers are in rarely tested terrain.
“We can’t sit around and suck our thumbs and hope the world will wait until the House Republicans get their act together,” Gingrich told Fox News' Sean Hannity on his show.The two men have deep experience with the subject. Both were chased to early retirement by threats of ouster from right-flank insurgents
"Jim Jordan will be a great speaker," the former president said outside a courthouse in Manhattan, where he is facingFlexing their independence, the holdouts are a mix of pragmatists — ranging from seasoned legislators and committee chairs worried about governing, to newer lawmakers from districts where voters back home prefer President Joe Biden to Trump.
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., a leader of the centrists, voted for McCarthy, the ousted former speaker. Murmurs rippled through the chamber. Others voted for Majority Leader Steve Scalise, who was the party’s first nominee to replace McCarthy before he, too, was rejected by hardliners last week.
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