The House is scheduled to vote Tuesday in what could be a showdown for the speaker’s gavel.
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is followed by reporters as he walks to his office at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. as the new House speaker, elevating a chief ally of Donald Trump to a center-seat of U.S. power and showing just how far the hard-right flank has moved into the GOP mainstream., the House is to vote in a showdown for the gavel.
Upset that a small band of hardliners have upended the House, Republicans have watched their majority control of the chamber descend into public infighting. All House business has ground to a halt. After a late-evening meeting Monday at the Capitol turned into a venting session of angry Republicans, Jordan acknowledged: “We’ve got a few more people to talk to, listen to.”
But Jordan can rely on Trump’s support as well as pressure on colleagues from an army of grass-roots activists who recognize him from cable news and fiery performances at committee hearings. Republicans say it will be hard for rank-and-file lawmakers to oppose him in a public floor vote. One by one, others also announced their support. Still, it could take multiple rounds during House floor voting not unlike in January when it took McCarthy 15 ballots to win the gavel.The Democratic whip, Rep. Katherine Clark, said her party is trying to stop Republicans from putting “an insurrectionist in the speaker’s chair.”
Now the Republican Party’s front-runner to challenge Biden in the 2024 election, Trump backed Jordan to replace McCarthy early on, and was working against the nomination of Majority Leader Steve Scalise who withdrew last week after colleagues rejected their own rules and failed to coalesce around him.
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