Julie Tsirkin is a correspondent covering Capitol Hill.
WASHINGTON — Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan said on Friday that he is re-entering the race for House speaker, just a day after the GOP’s nominee, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, dropped his bid for the top job after failing to lock up enough support. Jordan, a Donald Trump loyalist who burnished a reputation on the Hill as a conservative bomb-thrower, could still meet the same fate as Scalise.
Supporters point to his conservative credentials — he chaired both the Republican Study Committee and far-right House Freedom Caucus — and also the fact that he has aligned with the GOP leadership team more in recent years. Following Scalise's decision to drop out, House Republicans regrouped and huddled behind closed doors on Friday, facing deep intraparty divisions and no apparent path to 217 votes, the magic number needed on the House floor to elect a new speaker.
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