Headline Roundup • October 16th, 2023
Will Jim Jordan Be the Next House Speaker?
Summary from the AllSides News Team
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) is continuing his effort to become the next speaker of the House of Representatives, with a full vote in the House for speaker expected on Tuesday at 12 p.m. ET.
Key Details: Sources close to Jordan say they are 15 to 19 votes short of the needed 217 after reportedly picking up about 30 to 50 votes over the weekend. Others say the gap is bigger than that for Jordan.
Key Quote: “We’ve got to get past this stage,” said Congressman Frank Lucas (R-OK) about the debate over the House speaker. “There’s not enough political oxygen in this place to think about other stuff.”
For Context: On Friday, House Republicans voted 124-81 to nominate Jordan for speaker but remained divided, with only 152 Republicans saying they would vote for Jordan on the House floor. The House has gone nearly two weeks without a speaker after ousting Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
How the Media Covered it: Some left-rated sources focused on the fact that Jordan's election as speaker could trigger renewed conflict with House Democrats over the scope and size of government. Some right-rated outlets reported that while some think the vote will be close, others believe that a public vote will put pressure on House Republicans to support Jordan.
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Some Republicans say strong support from grassroots conservatives will help new House speaker nominee Jim Jordan (R., Ohio) win over dozens of GOP critics and take the gavel this week. But opponents are standing firm, Democrats are angling for a role and the math remains unforgiving, setting the stage for another unpredictable floor vote.
Pressure is mounting on Republican lawmakers to resolve their internal fighting nearly two weeks after Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) was ousted in a historic vote. The White House is poised to ask Congress for an emergency national security aid package that could fund...
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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, worked tirelessly over the weekend to line up the votes for a Tuesday floor vote for the speakership.
But several sources close to his effort say his team says they are 15 to 19 votes short of getting to the magic 217.
Some believe the gap is even bigger. Jordan lost in the secret ballot by 55 votes to relatively unknown Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga.
Now Team Jordan wants to bring the vote to the floor. The floor vote is public, and his supporters say there...
Rep. Jim Jordan has such a reputation as a political brawler that former House Speaker John Boehner once said he’d never met someone “who spent more time tearing things apart.”
Now, nearly a decade after Boehner stepped down in the face of a conservative revolt, it is Jordan who is trying to bring the Republican Party together to win the speaker’s gavel.
A favorite of former President Donald Trump and darling of the party’s rabble-rousing base, Jordan’s path to the U.S. government’s third-highest office is by no means certain in a House Republican conference...
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