Jim Jordan’s nomination as House speaker is up for a vote again
The Ohio Republicans voted against Minority-Free Jim Jordan for the House Speaker’s Post-Wilffee Legislator
Jim Jordan won’t call for a third vote after losing in two rounds of voting to become Speaker of the House. But he is not dropping out of the race. A source says he’s going to remain the party’s designated nominee.
“We’re working on it,” Jordan told reporter ahead of the vote, but multiple GOP lawmakers indicated the momentum for his effort to gain the gavel had shifted.
On Tuesday 20 Republicans voted against Jordan, a significant blow to the conservative’s campaign, with some saying the aggressive tactics his allies on the Hill and in right-wing media increased resistance to his candidacy. Even some of the Ohio Republicans’ supporters conceded they were surprised by the size of the opposition.
Balart voted against Jordan for speaker, but called his idea of empowering McHenry “very, very interesting.”
Any effort to empower McHenry would require a House vote needing the same majority vote as electing a speaker. It would need votes from Democrats. Some Democrats have suggested they would want assurances that McHenry would allow votes on bipartisan spending bills, aide to Ukraine, and other measures that could pass.
Speaker’s Report on the House Minority Caucus’ Report on “Forbidden Future of the Causal Committee on the Study of the Proposed Resolution” by Dr. Jordan
He told reporters shortly before the vote that he had gotten a lot of votes from conservatives and liberals in his conference, which he thinks was the best way to go. “But you know what? People are talking about this resolution. I told leadership call the question.”
But the details of the resolution were unclear. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he was willing to have talks with Republicans who were interested in governing.
Some Democrats have signaled they would be open to an arrangement, if McHenry made some commitments. In a letter obtained by NPR, four Democrats in the moderate Problem Solvers Caucus proposed McHenry could be empowered to pass a continuing resolution to avoid a shutdown, supplemental aid funding for Ukraine and Israel, and government funding bills only.
A number of Jordan’s supporters have voiced strong opposition to the general idea of temporarily empowering McHenry. The measure would need significant Democratic support if it were to pass.
“It’s the biggest FU to Republican voters I’ve ever seen,” Banks said. “That is a historic betrayal to our Republican voters if we go along with it. It’s a big mistake.
I think it is important to get the agenda back on track. Right now, we have a standoff with the speaker race. so I think we need to find a temporary way to move our agenda forward,” he told reporters.
