Jordan’s speaker bid gains steam with key endorsements
Ken Calvert, R-Calif., chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.
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Ken Calvert, R-Calif., chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.
Mike Kelly, R-Pa., also said he’d vote for Scalise on the floor.
If the candidate received at least 217 GOP votes in conference by roll call on the question of committing to support that nominee on the floor, Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick T.
The delay in the effort to get 217 Republicans to back anyone for speaker is leading some House members to start reconsidering the idea that Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick T.
Ryan, R-Wis., have actively aided their conference’s leadership picks during times of transition. Rep.
Scalise, R-La., told Republicans in a closed-door meeting late Thursday night that he would drop out of the race.
Among those seen entering the meeting were Freedom Caucus members Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., and Bob Good, R-Va., who continue to support Rep.
Instead of kicking off the formal nominating speeches and votes on the floor Wednesday after coming into session at 3 p.m., Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick T. McHenry recessed the chamber. Rep.
But with no clear front-runner between the two chief candidates — Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio — it wasn’t obvious the conference would be able to unite
Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C., the speaker pro tempore, asking for a change to conference rules that would temporarily raise the vote threshold within the conference to elect a speaker.
But what about those who wanted change, but not the drama of representatives such as Gaetz — and Majorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., George Santos, R-N.Y., and Lauren Boebert, R-Colo?
Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., said Wednesday on Newsmax, referring to Rep.
The ouster of McCarthy, R-Calif., on Tuesday raises a new obstacle for finishing a draft of a five-year food and agriculture bill.
Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., was among those who never voted for McCarthy, using earlier ballots to support Trump and Reps.
Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C., assumed the acting role of speaker pro tempore after the vote that brought down McCarthy.
Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C., was named speaker pro tempore immediately after the vote, and called for a recess for members to discuss the matter. "The House will be paralyzed.
Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C., assumed the role of acting speaker pro tempore and immediately called a recess, as Republicans filed one-by-one to shake McCarthy’s hand and offer their condolences.
Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, as she headed to the first votes of the week on Monday. "I think we’ve got to maintain a level of decorum."
Wearing t-shirts with the message "End Fossil Fuels," they linked arms and stood in a circle.Â