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Investigations into Biden and his family would push to the forefront. Some years ago, Jordan denied allegations from former wrestlers during his time as an assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State University who accused him of knowing about claims they were inappropriately groped by an Ohio State doctor. Republicans predict the House could essentially stay closed until the mid-November deadline for Congress to approve funding or risk a federal government shutdown. To win over GOP colleagues, Jordan had relied on backing from Trump, the party’s front-runner in the 2024 election, and groups pressuring rank-and-file lawmakers for the vote. A relatively moderate former member of the Assembly, she ran in the special election to fill this area’s congressional seat after Katie Hill resigned in 2019. While most of the state’s Democratic establishment was quick to rally behind her for another go, some national Democratic groups and members of Congress were slower to get on board, evidently skeptical that her third time would in fact be the charm.
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But Jordan's allies swung into high gear at a chance for the hard-right leader to seize the gavel. For their part, top Democrats have used the opportunity to press Republicans to discuss a consensus government. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., has publicly offered to help Republicans elect a speaker, which he reiterated Thursday in a PBS interview. Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., (right) and Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., talk during a break in a House committee hearing in 2021.
Troy Nehls, who has supported Jordan, says his next vote will be for Trump
But in a throwback appeal to the district’s anti-Communist roots, she’s also suggested that Chen, a longtime Navy reservist and the son of Taiwanese immigrants, would be soft on the Chinese Communist Party. From Republican Steve Knight to Democrat Katie Hill back to Republican Garcia, this district, once a GOP stronghold, has been ping-ponging between the parties since 2016. In 2020, Garcia, the conservative former Navy pilot and Georgetown graduate, held on to the seat by a mere 333 votes, the third closest outcome of any congressional race in the country that year. And that was before redistricting jettisoned the district’s most conservative outpost in Simi Valley, giving Democratic voters even more of an edge. Here are all the candidates running for 17 congressional seats in L.A.
House Floor Proceedings
"We are a ship that doesn't have a rudder right now," Rep. Mark Alford, a freshman member from Texas, told reporters Thursday. "This is a troubling time for members who came here to do serious business." Several moderate Republicans have said they would oppose his candidacy, leaving the future of his bid for the speaker's gavel in doubt. Whether he will ultimately have better luck than Scalise in uniting the fractured Republican conference remains to be seen, but a follow-up vote made clear that he has a steep hill to climb. Asked whether they plan to support Jordan in a vote of the full House, 152 GOP members said yes, and 55 said no, according to one lawmaker. The New York Times reports that Republican Reps. Kevin Hern, Austin Scott, Jack Bergman and Byron Donalds are all entering the race to be their party's nominee for the role.
Jordan expresses gratitude for GOP members after pulling out of speaker’s race
New nominees are to come forward for a candidate forum and internal party votes. WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans abruptly dropped Rep. Jim Jordan on Friday as their nominee for House speaker, making the decision during a closed-door session after the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump failed badly on a third ballot for the gavel. Since before the primary, Steel has repeatedly depicted Chen as a lefty extremist. That’s in part by pointing out his past as a delegate to the presidential campaign of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Ahead of the conference meeting, Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., said he was not planning to vote for Jordan. In his view, Jordan undermined Scalise's nomination and didn't work hard enough to consolidate support for Scalise. "I can tell you, [my constituents'] priority is that we have a functioning government," Garcia said. "And if that means that I support someone that may be more conservative than me and may be a political lightning rod, but I'm willing to do that, especially if he's the only candidate." Members will leave Washington for the weekend and regroup Monday as they enter a third week without a speaker. With a number of Republicans speaking out against him, Jordan has work to do in order to secure the 217 votes necessary to win a majority of the whole House.
Republicans pick Jim Jordan as nominee for House speaker
House Republicans drop Jim Jordan as their nominee for speaker, stumbling back to square one - The Associated Press
House Republicans drop Jim Jordan as their nominee for speaker, stumbling back to square one.
Posted: Fri, 20 Oct 2023 07:00:00 GMT [source]
Jordan won the support of 124 of his Republican colleagues, according to lawmakers. His total surpassed Scalise's tally of 113 from two days ago but still fell far short of the 217 votes that will likely be needed to win the speakership on the House floor. Rep. Austin Scott, a seven-term Georgia Republican, launched a last-minute protest candidacy before Friday's meeting and won roughly 80 votes.
Next steps were highly uncertain, as a wide range of Republican lawmakers started pitching themselves for speaker. Chen, 20 years younger than Steel, is hoping to take advantage of that change of political scenery. A longtime local politico, he’s a current community college board trustee, a former school board member and a two-time congressional candidate. Supreme Court rescinded the federal right to an abortion, Chen has been particularly aggressive in pointing out Steel’s conservative views on the subject. Meanwhile, L.A. County has largely elected Democrats — currently, 15 of 18 congressional seats are held by Democrats (two of the Republican-led districts are also largely made up of other counties).
Your district may be different from what it was in the last election, thanks to our once-a-decade redistricting process. In 2021, an independent commission redrew the maps for the state’s districts in accordance with the latest Census numbers, and those maps determine which seat you’re voting for on your ballot this year. Jordan has been a top Trump ally, particularly during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack by the former president’s backers who were trying to overturn the 2020 election he lost to Biden. House Republicans' latest nominee for speaker, Rep. Jim Jordan seems far short of the required number of votes — and it's unclear he has a path forward.
Jim Jordan Nominated for House Speaker by Divided G.O.P. - The New York Times
Jim Jordan Nominated for House Speaker by Divided G.O.P..
Posted: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 07:00:00 GMT [source]
On Friday, Scott announced his candidacy for House speaker nominee but was later defeated by Rep. Jim Jordan in House GOP meeting. Bacon is among a small group of Republicans who have floated the idea of seeking a consensus candidate who would require some level of Democratic support. "At some point when we've gone to the end of the well and we're still at this spot, we're going to have to come up with a bipartisan solution," Bacon said. He said, "A lot of our folks are in denial, so you've never going to get eight to 10 folks on board." Whether McHenry's authority extends beyond overseeing the election of a new speaker is unclear, thanks to some ambiguity in the House rules governing the appointment of a temporary speaker. The House has been at a standstill since last week's unprecedented ouster of McCarthy, who was unseated after a revolt by eight far-right members who objected to his handling of the recent fight over government funding.
On Friday, another California Republican, Rep. Tom McClintock, had introduced a motion to reinstate McCarthy during the morning meeting, but it was shelved. Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana, the vice conference chair and Judiciary member, is making calls for speaker, according to a source. Sessions is among the growing list of members who are throwing their hat in the ring for speaker now that the field is wide open. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., left for Israel yesterday to observe the situation on the ground, which means Jordan will be down at least one vote today. Perry said no one complained about “the pressure campaign from all the lobbyists and special interest groups in January” when McCarthy ran for speaker.
Overwhelmed and exhausted, anxious GOP lawmakers worry their House majority is being frittered away to countless rounds of infighting and some don’t want to reward Jordan’s wing, which sparked the turmoil. Now, as the House seeks a new speaker, the 118th is the first ever Congress to need two speaker elections with multiple ballots. Rep. Jim Jordan, who on Friday lost his third round of voting and later lost in a secret ballot, is no longer a nominee. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Minority Whip Katherine Clark and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar gaggled briefly this morning on their way to votes. Jeffries told NBC News he still believes a bipartisan path forward is possible to elect a speaker because “there are still reasonable Republicans on the other side of the aisle” and cited a desire for bipartisan bills to be brought to the floor.
The political pressure increasingly is on Republicans to reverse course, reassert majority control and govern in Congress. On Jan. 3, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy became the first candidate in the majority party to lose a bid for the House speakership in 100 years. He won the gavel in the 15th round of voting, making his election the longest since before the Civil War.
"Therefore, if the holdouts who refuse to vote for Speaker-Designate Jordan would be willing to 'vote with the team' and elect him the 56th House Speaker, we are prepared to accept censure, suspension, or removal from the Conference to accomplish this objective," the letter said. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Mich., has thrown his hat in the ring, joining a growing list of Republicans who are running for speaker after the party dropped Jordan as its nominee. After McCarthy was voted out as speaker earlier this month, all of the lawmakers seeking to replace him have been men.
“Congressman Sessions believes he can forge a positive path as a conservative leader who can unite the Conference. During his congressional career, he has played a vital role in the Republican Party, in Texas and nationally, including a decade in Party leadership,” Sessions wrote in a statement posted on X. Some years ago, Jordan and his office denied allegations from former wrestlers during his time as an assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State University who accused him of knowing about claims they were inappropriately groped by an Ohio doctor. While Jordan has a long list of detractors, his supporters said voting against the Trump ally during a public vote on the House floor would be tougher since he is so popular and well known among more conservative GOP voters.
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