Republicans rejected Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on Tuesday on the first ballot, as holdouts denied the hard-charging ally of Donald Trump the majority…
Jordan, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, won the GOP's nomination for speaker in a secret ballot on FridayAdditional voting was postponed as the House hit a standstill, stuck while Jordan works to shore up support from Republican colleagues to replaceas too extreme for the powerful position of House speaker, second in line to the presidency. Next votes were expected Wednesday.
The House voted 216-210 to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., with a handful of conservatives joining Democrats to remove him.The tally, with 200 Republicans voting for Jordan and 212 for the Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, left no candidate with a clear majority, as 20 Republicans voted for someone else. With Republicans in majority control, Jordan must pick up most of his GOP foes to win.
Jordan conferred immediately afterward with McCarthy, who fared nearly as badly in January, having lost almost as many votes on the first of what would become a historic 15 ballots for the gavel. Aguilar recited all the times Jordan voted against various measures -- abortion access, government aid and others, Democrats chanting “He said no!”
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