The House Republican Conference met at 1:00 pm this afternoon and held a vote by secret ballot to determine if Rep. Jim Jordan should remain as Speaker-Designate.  86 Republicans supported Jordan, 112 voted against him, and 5 voted present.  Accordingly, Rep. Jordan is no longer the Republican Speaker-Designate. Members are headed home for the weekend […]

The House has completed a third ballot for Speaker with Jim Jordan again falling short of the requisite votes needed to be elected Speaker (194 votes for Jordan and 210 votes for Jeffries).  Four Members were absent (Reps. Vicente Gonzales (D-TX), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Donald Payne (D-NJ), and Derrick Van Orden (R-WI)).  In total, 25 […]