House Speaker Emeritus Kevin McCarthy is vowing to do everything in his power to push Rep. Jim Jordan over the finish line to become speaker.
Rep. Cory Mills returning from Israel after shuttling 77 stranded Americans out of the countryJordan appears to lack sufficient votes to lay claim to the gavel as he prepares for a vote on Tuesday. Still, McCarthy was optimistic about Jordan’s prospects.“I’m one who understands how difficult it is. I did walk in with more support during this time, but I believe at the end of the day, Jim can get there.
Jordan clinched the party nod to be speaker the following day in a 124-81 vote. Strikingly, his chief opponent, Rep. Austin Scott only announced his candidacy about four hours earlier and managed to garner dozens of defectors.McCarthy was ousted on Oct. 3 in a coup by eight Republicans led by Rep. Matt Gaetz who joined a solid bloc of Democrats.
“We shouldn’t go to the House floor until we have 218 votes for the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives,” Jordan told Fox News. “We shouldn’t have to go through what we did back in January.”Now that he is the speaker nominee, Jordan appears to be changing tact. Whip notices from both House Republicans and Democrats indicated a speakership vote is likely on Tuesday.
“That is the dumbest way to support Jordan, and I’m supporting Jordan,” he continued. “As somebody who wants Jim Jordan, the dumbest thing you can do is to continue pissing off those people and entrench them.”“The differences between Republicans and Democrats in the House far outweigh our differences in the Republican Conference. This country and the GOP Conference cannot afford us attacking each other. It’s time to get to work,” he posted on X Sunday.
Since McCarthy’s ouster, the lower chamber has been stuck in paralysis, unable to vote on pressing national security concerns such as the war in Israel, the war in Ukraine, and the Nov. 17 government shutdown deadline.
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