GOP hardliners appear to have sunk Kevin McCarthy's second attempt at becoming House speaker, deepening party infighting.
blocked House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy from ascending to the speakership, the first time in a century that the election of a speaker went to a second ballot.fewer than the majority of 218 he needed to secure the speaker's post. Nineteen Republicans voted for other candidates. Even Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries got more votes than McCarthy.a second ballot will result in a new leader.
Jordan, who has served in the House since 2007, was once political rivals with McCarthy, having run against him for House minority leader when Democrats took the House in 2018. Jordan has now positioned himself as one of McCarthy's closest allies, having nominated him on the second ballot for speaker.
As it stands, Jordan is set to chair the House Judiciary Committee, one of the chamber’s most powerful investigative committees. But with the speaker’s vote up in the air, it’s unclear what will happen. House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy appeared to lose the second round of voting again by 19 votes from within his Republican Party.
All of the members who voted for five candidates against McCarthy on the first ballot this time coalesced around Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio.The official vote was still being tallied as of 3:20 p.m.On the first ballot for speaker, 19 Republicans voted against McCarthy: 10 voted for Biggs, 6 for Jordan, 1 for Indiana Rep. Jim Banks, 1 for former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin, and 1 for New York Rep. Byron Donalds.Rep. Lauren Boebert of ColoradoRep.-elect Eli Crane of ArizonaRep.
“Sometimes we have to do jobs we don’t really want to do,” Gaetz said. “Jim Jordan is the right person for speaker of the House because he is not beholden to the lobbyists and special interests.”
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