Even if Majority Leader Steve Scalise or Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan win the GOP nod in Wednesday's secret ballot election, they'll still need 217 votes on the floor to seize the gavel.
The 124-81 vote came after Jordan, a founder of the House Freedom Caucus who became an ally of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy in recent years, lost an internal House Republican conference vote to Major...
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) will again run for Speaker, after narrowly losing the nomination to Majority Leader Steve Scalise just days ago. House Republicans are gathering now, after…
Republicans nominated Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on Friday, a day after Majority Leader Steve Scalise abandoned the nomination when he could not garner enough support to survive a vote on the House floor.
Republicans chose Rep. Jim Jordan as their new nominee for House speaker on Friday during internal voting, putting the gavel within reach of the staunch ally of GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump.
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday nominated Jim Jordan for speaker, setting up a vote that will test whether he can surmount the party divisions that led Steve Scalise to abandon his bid.
It was the Republican conference’s second such vote in a week after partisan infighting scuttled the party’s first speaker-elect, Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise.
Originally Published: 13 OCT 23 05:00 ET Updated: 13 OCT 23 16:09 ET By Clare Foran and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans have picked Rep. Jim Jordan as their new speaker nominee, though it is unclear if the Ohio Republican can win enough support to secure the gavel in a full House vote
House Republicans voted Friday to nominate conservative firebrand Jim Jordan for speaker of the House -- the latest twist in a chaotic battle for speakership.
By Clare Foran and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans have picked Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan as their new speaker nominee Friday, but more than 50 Republicans voted against supporting him on the House floor – leaving the party still in disarray as it has been unable to elect a speaker in the 10
Republicans chose Rep. Jim Jordan as their new nominee for House speaker on Friday during internal voting, putting the gavel within reach of the staunch ally
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan is the only formally-declared candidate for speaker right now, but his path to 217 votes still looks like somewhat of an uphill climb.
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