A strong majority of House Republicans in a secret ballot vote have stripped Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan of his status as their nominee to become Speaker after he failed in his third attempt Friday to win their support. Jordan was “speaker designee” until Friday afternoon.
With just four weeks until a federal government shut down and more than two weeks after eight Republicans led by U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the House is no closer to choosing its constitutionally-mandated leader.
“122-86 was the final tally. Jordan went down handily,” reports Punchbowl News’ Jake Sherman.
“Is there a better encapsulation of the GOP elected officials during the Trump years than Jim Jordan winning 194-25 GOP votes in the public ballot and then losing the majority by secret ballot?” asked The Bulwark’s Tim Miller.
U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) has said he will enter the race for Speaker, C-SPAN’s Craig Caplan reports. Others likely will as well.
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