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20 Republicans decline to back Jim Jordan for House Speaker; minority leader Hakeem Jeffries of NY gets 212 votes to his 200Gaetz got the chaos he wanted in speaker putsch . . . and America suffersThe founding member of the House Freedom Caucus needed 217 votes to clinch the gavel, but had to sweat to get to 200 votes — as 20 members of the Republican conference opted to back other colleagues.
“Can any of my 216 colleagues who votes to vacate Speaker McCarthy honestly say that if Hamas Had attacked Israel the day before the Motion to Vacate vote, that they still would have voted to remove Speaker McCarthy?” he asked. Jordan allies worked the phones and social media over the weekend and through Monday in an effort to flip some of the final “no” votes but were ultimately unsuccessful.
Rep. Gus Bilirakis was the lone Republican lawmaker missing from the House vote, meaning 220 Republicans and 212 Democrats were present for the first vote.
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Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan Scrambles to Flip GOP Skeptics Ahead of House Speaker VoteWhile at least 55 caucus members said they were opposed to the Ohioan’s nomination last week, that number appeared to have been pared down to single digits by Monday.
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Rep. Jim Jordan seeks support ahead of House speaker voteOne by one Rep. Jordan has been peeling off the detractors who view the Ohio Republican as too extreme.
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GOP holdouts remain as Rep. Jim Jordan takes House speaker vote to floorRepublicans will try to elect Jordan as the new House speaker on Tuesday, but not all are ready to elevate the firebrand Judiciary Committee chairman to the center-seat of U.S. power, second in line to the presidency.
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