Jim Jordan Pushes For 3rd Speaker Vote As Support Slips Away
The post Jim Jordan Pushes For 3rd Speaker Vote As Support Slips Away appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Topline After losing two consecutive rounds of voting for the speakership, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Wednesday is pushing forward with a third vote, a spokesperson said, though a growing number of Republican holdouts refuse to support Jordan and a group of moderates push for an alternative. House Speaker pro tempore Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), left, with Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) before a … [+] round of voting on Wednesday. CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Key Facts Jordan’s spokesperson Russell Dye told reporters after the vote on Wednesday that Jordan is “going to keep going,” even though he is nearly two dozen Republican votes short of winning the speakership with Democrats standing unanimously opposed to Jordan. Jordan lost the second round of voting Wednesday afternoon, after all Democrats present voted for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), while 22 Republicans voted for candidates besides Jordan, and Jordan received 199 votes—18 short of the 217 necessary to win. The Ohio Republican—who has gained national recognition as an ardent advocate of former President Trump and a supporter of Trump’s baseless 2020 election denial—was able to flip two Republicans who voted against him in the first round on Tuesday, though he lost four other GOP lawmakers who had supported him in the first round. It’s unclear if Jordan will fare better in future rounds of voting: Some unnamed Jordan opponents told CNN they planned to stagger their votes against Jordan so he loses by a larger margin in future rounds. Holdout Rep. Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.) argued Jordan’s efforts to pressure GOP holdouts may not have helped him, especially as the GOP conference remains deeply divided, telling Politico his loss of support from the first to second rounds of voting “is probably evidence that it was a tactical error to bring it to the…
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Topline After losing two consecutive rounds of voting for the speakership, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Wednesday is pushing forward with a third vote, a spokesperson said, though a growing number of Republican holdouts refuse to support Jordan and a group of moderates push for an alternative. House Speaker pro tempore Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), left, with Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) before a … [+] round of voting on Wednesday. CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Key Facts Jordan’s spokesperson Russell Dye told reporters after the vote on Wednesday that Jordan is “going to keep going,” even though he is nearly two dozen Republican votes short of winning the speakership with Democrats standing unanimously opposed to Jordan. Jordan lost the second round of voting Wednesday afternoon, after all Democrats present voted for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), while 22 Republicans voted for candidates besides Jordan, and Jordan received 199 votes—18 short of the 217 necessary to win. The Ohio Republican—who has gained national recognition as an ardent advocate of former President Trump and a supporter of Trump’s baseless 2020 election denial—was able to flip two Republicans who voted against him in the first round on Tuesday, though he lost four other GOP lawmakers who had supported him in the first round. It’s unclear if Jordan will fare better in future rounds of voting: Some unnamed Jordan opponents told CNN they planned to stagger their votes against Jordan so he loses by a larger margin in future rounds. Holdout Rep. Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.) argued Jordan’s efforts to pressure GOP holdouts may not have helped him, especially as the GOP conference remains deeply divided, telling Politico his loss of support from the first to second rounds of voting “is probably evidence that it was a tactical error to bring it to the…
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