More voting is expected Tuesday as the staunch ally of Donald Trump works to shore up support and seize the speaker’s gavel.
By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri and Stephen Groves, Associated PressRep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, seated center, listens as the votes are tallied, as the House votes for a new speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023.
The holdouts are a mix of pragmatists, ranging from seasoned legislators and committee chairs worried about governing to newer lawmakers from districts where their voters back home prefer President Joe Biden to Trump. With the House Republican majority narrowly held at 221-212, Jordan can afford to lose only a few votes to reach the 217 majority threshold, if there are no further absences.
On the other side of the aisle, Democratic caucus chairman Rep. Pete Aguilar of California nominated Jeffries and warned that handing the speaker’s gavel to a “vocal election denier” would be “a terrible message” at home and abroad. One holdout, Republican Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado, said Jordan’s role in the runup to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and his refusal to admit that Biden, a Democrat, won the 2020 election remained an issue.
“Thank you Rep. Ann Wagner!” Gaetz posted on social media, after the Missouri Republican announced her support.
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