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A Top Contender in Speaker's Race Has a Trump Problem

Former president does not like Tom Emmer

(Newser) - If you're tired of reading stories about the House's inability to elect a speaker , you are not alone. A USA Today survey suggests that 67% of Americans want the House to put a speaker in place ASAP. The sentiment is bipartisan, though more pronounced among Democrats, with 86%...

Republicans Now Have Lots of Speaker Candidates

Caucus will hear pitches on Monday, with no House vote possible before Tuesday

(Newser) - It didn't take long on Friday after House Republicans rescinded their speaker nomination of Rep. Jim Jordan for volunteers for the job to step forward. Before the day was out, 10 members had said they're in or seriously considering a run, Axios reports. More than one of them...

Jim Jordan Loses Round 3, Amid Chaos and Threats
House GOP Abandons
Jordan for Speakership
UPDATED
Oct 20, 2023 1:17 PM CDT

House GOP Abandons Jordan for Speakership

He's no longer speaker nominee after losing three rounds of voting in the full House

(Newser) - Jim Jordan didn't just lose another round of voting for the House speakership on Friday—he also lost his status as "speaker nominee" within the GOP conference, reports the Hill . Republicans held a secret ballot Friday afternoon to strip Jordan of the title, which he earned last week...

McHenry Plan Stalls as Jordan Wants Another Vote

Four-hour meeting puts House Republicans at Square One

(Newser) - Rep. Jim Jordan's endorsement of having Rep. Patrick McHenry fill in as House speaker until January wasn't enough. Several Republican members, including Jordan, said that idea went nowhere in their four-hour, closed-door meeting, Politico reports. That put the GOP back where it was, and Jordan later said he...

Jordan's House Speaker Election Is Getting Ugly

Jordan opponents say they're being threatened

(Newser) - As the House lurches toward a third attempt to elect a speaker in three days, Jim Jordan has urged his supporters to stop trying to intimidate lawmakers opposed to his candidacy. Several Republicans say they have faced threats and harassment after choosing other candidates in the first two rounds of...

3rd Vote Could Be Even Worse for Jordan

Critics predict he'll lose a 'bigger chunk' of House Republicans in Thursday speaker vote

(Newser) - Predictions that the second House vote to elected a speaker would be worse for Jim Jordan than the first one turned out to be correct —and some House Republicans say his chances in the third round don't look great. After failing to win Wednesday's vote, Jordan said...

Jim Jordan Is About to Try Again
Things Got Worse
for Jim Jordan in Round 2
UPDATED
Oct 18, 2023 12:34 PM CDT

Things Got Worse for Jim Jordan in Round 2

He got 199 votes, needs 217

(Newser) - As Jim Jordan and some of his allies predicted, things got worse for the would-be House speaker in the second round of voting. He could only afford to lose four Republican votes but lost 22 on Wednesday, up from 20 in Tuesday's vote; that gave him a total of...

GOPer Explains His Choice for 'Terrible' House Speaker Job

Colorado Rep. Ken Buck voted for colleague Tom Emmer as a 'joke,' rather than vote for Jim Jordan

(Newser) - Republican Rep. Ken Buck's choice for House speaker on Tuesday was a person he doesn't want to be speaker, which, in the words of CNN's Dana Bash, "says a lot about where we are right now." Sitting down with Bash after Tuesday's speaker vote,...

Jordan Says Voting Will Continue Until House Gets a Speaker

Next round will be Wednesday morning

(Newser) - After Rep. Jim Jordan lost the first round of voting for House speaker Tuesday, he decided against taking another shot at it. Jordan said Tuesday evening that the next vote would be at 11am Eastern on Wednesday, the Washington Post reports. To become speaker, he will need the votes of...

Math Is Turning in Favor of Jim Jordan as Speaker

Trump ally is closer to magic number ahead of voting on Tuesday afternoon

(Newser) - The House has been without a speaker for two weeks, but that could end on Tuesday. The chamber is expected is expected to vote around noon on whether conservative Jim Jordan will get the gavel, reports the Hill . The man he hopes to replace—the ousted Kevin McCarthy— predicted Tuesday...

Jordan Converts a Few Holdouts
Jordan Converts
a Few Holdouts
Oct 16, 2023 4:51 PM CDT

Jordan Converts a Few Holdouts

Speaker candidate says he wants a House vote Tuesday

(Newser) - After a weekend of a lobbying and GOP pressure campaign, Rep. Jim Jordan picked up support for his speakership bid but remained short of the 217 Republicans he needs in his corner. Reps. Mike Rogers, Ken Calvert, Vern Buchanan, and Ann Wagner switched their votes to Jordan on Monday, CNN...

Amid Uncertainty in House, a Bipartisan Deal Looks Possible

Meanwhile, Nikki Haley tries to shift blame to President Biden

(Newser) - As the chaos in the House of Representatives continues, with the latest GOP nominee for speaker, Jim Jordan, nowhere close to the votes he needs and the House-wide vote reportedly set for Tuesday , some were starting to discuss the possibility of a bipartisan deal while others were trying to shift...

Jordan Tries to Stir GOP Rage Against Republicans in His Way

One supporter calls pressure campaign a bad idea

(Newser) - Rep. Jim Jordan is trying to win the House speakership by bullying Republican members who won't vote for him, a strategy denounced Sunday by one supporter. Jordan won his party's nomination for the post on Friday but received nowhere near the number of votes required to elect him...

Jordan Has a Challenger in House Speaker Race
Jim Jordan Is GOP's New
Pick for House Speaker
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Oct 13, 2023 3:36 PM CDT

Jim Jordan Is GOP's New Pick for House Speaker

But it remains unclear whether he has enough support in the full House to get the position

(Newser) - After some late political drama , Republicans have chosen Rep. Jim Jordan as their new nominee to be House speaker. However, it remains very much up in the air whether Jordan, a staunch ally of Donald Trump, will be able to get enough votes in the full House to secure the...

A Look at the Little-Known New Candidate for Speaker

Georgia's Austin Scott is a conservative ally of Kevin McCarthy, no fan of the hard-right flank

(Newser) - When a surprise new challenger emerged Friday for the House speakership, everyone but the most diehard political junkies could be forgiven for asking, "Austin who?" That would be GOP Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia, for whom the descriptor "little-known" was being applied often in coverage. "We are...

Steve Scalise Drops Out of Speaker's Race

House majority leader knew he'd never get enough votes to win

(Newser) - One day after he won a GOP ballot to seek the position of House speaker, Steve Scalise is out of the running. "It's been quite a journey," the GOP majority leader told reporters Thursday night. "And there's still a long way to go. I just...

House GOP Remains Divided After Speaker Nomination

Jim Jordan retains support despite losing GOP vote to Steve Scalise

(Newser) - "The House GOP's hoped-for moment of unity never materialized" Wednesday as Republicans picked Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana for speaker only to find at least a dozen of their members opposed, per Politico . Scalise nabbed just 50.7% of the House GOP conference's support, illustrating a...

GOP&#39;s Mace Dons &#39;Scarlet Letter&#39; After Being &#39;Demonized&#39;
GOP Rep Explains
Her 'Scarlet Letter'
Oct 11, 2023 11:40 AM CDT

GOP Rep Explains Her 'Scarlet Letter'

South Carolina's Nancy Mace says she's been 'demonized' since voting to oust Speaker McCarthy

(Newser) - Fellow Republicans want "consequences" for the eight GOPers who teamed up with Democrats last week in the historic ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. On Tuesday, one of those eight made a bold statement in apparent defiance of that pushback: Reporters caught South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace strolling through...

After Meeting Ahead of Speaker Vote, No Idea 'How You Get to 218'

2 candidates spoke at closed-door conference meeting, but consensus seems hard to reach

(Newser) - By the end of Tuesday night's closed-door meeting, the AP was reporting that the Republican House majority appeared "stuck ... in a stalemate that threatens to keep Congress partly shuttered indefinitely." The two House speaker candidates who spoke at the meeting, Reps. Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise, appeared...

McCarthy Is Now Open to Returning as Speaker

Ousted leader reverses himself after ruling out the possibility last week

(Newser) - After he was ousted as House speaker last week in a historic vote , Kevin McCarthy could not have been clearer: "I will not run for speaker again," he said, per the Washington Post . "I'll have the (GOP) conference pick somebody else." But with the conference...

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