Rep. Fitzpatrick initially voted for Jordan in the first two round of Speaker votes Tuesday and Wednesday.
to no on Rep. Jim Jordan’s speakership today, a sign the conservative Ohio leader could be bleeding support among Republicans as he enters his third round of voting in Congress today.
Fitzpatrick told the Inquirer Thursday morning he would instead be sponsoring a bipartisan measure to empower Rep. Patrick McHenry to expand his authorities as temporary speaker. He said he would vote for McHenry as speaker rather than Jordan. “Patrick is someone who’s going to get bipartisan support, which was always where we wanted to land and where we always knew we would land,” Fitzpatrick said.opponents of Jordan have indicated there’s been a plan to stagger “no” votes
Twenty Republican representatives voted against Jordan in the first round Tuesday, and that number increased to 22 on Wednesday. With a narrow majority, Jordan can only afford to lose a handful of members of his party to secure the speakership with 217 votes. He’s indicated he’s willing to go multiple rounds to grow support.was the lone Republican from Pennsylvania to oppose Jordan in the first two rounds.
Fitzpatrick, conversely, is the most moderate of Pennsylvania’s eight-member Republican delegation. He co-chairs the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus and is the lone Republican representing a district President Joe Biden in 2020. The House is due to reconvene at noon for the next vote.
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