After House Republicans twice rejected Rep. Jim Jordan for speaker, it appears there will be a third floor vote -- although the timing is not yet clear.
The ongoing limbo in the House of Representatives will continue after a plan to give the temporary speaker more power fell through and Rep. Jim Jordan says he will bring a third vote to the floor.After House Republicans twice rejected Rep. Jim Jordan for speaker this week, a third floor vote is coming, his office said Thursday night.
When asked about timing, he said he wanted to talk to the holdouts who are opposing him before moving forward.Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy shouted at Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida as the party met behind closed doors. Gaetz led the charge against McCarthy, successfully rallying a small group of Republican hard-liners to remove him.After more than three hours behind closed doors, House Republicans don’t seem to have a plan on how to move forward with the speakership.
The meeting is still ongoing, but several Republicans emerged in the last few minutes to tell reporters that the proposal to temporarily empower Patrick McHenry is now a nonstarter, lacking the support of a majority of Republicans. “The best thing for Republicans to do is to elect a speaker,” former Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters.
Absent a plan to empower McHenry, Republicans said Jordan told members he will reevaluate his campaign for speaker after talking to some of his critics. Several Republicans spoke up in the meeting and said Jordan should suspend his campaign given the lack of support.
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