Trump ally Jim Jordan emerges as next Republican House speaker nominee - as it happened
This blog is now closed. House remains without speaker as Jordan only has a backing of 152 Republican members
- Evening summary: House has no speaker as GOP infighting continues
- Trump ally Jim Jordan becomes next House speaker nominee
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- Former House speaker Kevin McCarthy to support Jim Jordan for House speaker
- Summary
- President Biden to speak with families of American hostages believed to be held by Hamas
- Georgia representative Austin Scott files to run for House speaker
- Several Republicans continue to have doubts towards Jim Jordan's speaker candidacy
- Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer to lead bipartisan visit to Israel
- Democratic House leader calls on GOP to 'get their act together'
- Gaetz, who let effort against McCarthy's, endorses Jordan
Fri 13 Oct 2023 18.18 EDT
First published on Fri 13 Oct 2023 09.08 EDTTrump ally Jim Jordan becomes next House speaker nominee
Donald Trump ally Jim Jordan has emerged as the next Republican House speaker nominee following an internal vote amongst House Republicans.
The vote was reported to be 124-81, with 81 of the votes going to Georgia’s Republican representative Austin Scott.
Jordan’s nomination follows a chaotic week in the House during which initial chief contender Steve Scalise dropped out on Thursday night after failing to secure enough support for a floor vote.
Jordan will now attempt to garner unified support for a bid ahead of a floor vote across a fractioned Republican-led House that includes several hard-line rightwing extremists.
Evening summary: House has no speaker as GOP infighting continues
We’re wrapping up our live US politics coverage today, with the US congress still in limbo during an international crisis because of infighting between different segments of the Republican party. Key things to know:
Trump ally Jim Jordan emerged as the next Republican House speaker nominee, after he won the largest share of support in an internal party vote.
But a subsequent internal vote, gauging whether Republicans were ready to formalize their support of Jordan in an official floor vote, showed that Jordan only has the backing of a reported 152 Republican House members, while 55 oppose him. Jordan needs a total of 217 votes in order to be elected speaker.
After this vote, Republicans decided to leave for the weekend with no further votes, giving Jordan and his allies time over the weekend to attempt to win over more Republican support.
It remains unclear if Republicans will hold an official floor vote next week to make Jordan speaker regardless of whether internal vote counting shows he has enough votes to win, a move that ousted speaker Kevin McCarthy has urged the party to try, but that Jordan has previously indicated he would oppose.
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