![]() One of Jordan’s meetings was with Scalise. Jim Jordan, the face of key GOP investigations, seeks the speaker's gavel - again (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/FILE During 118th Congress's first day of business since electing a Speaker of the House, the House held a series of votes on a rules package with parameters for the House of Representatives. Capitol Building on Januin Washington, DC. Jim Jordan (R-OH) speaks during an on-camera interview near the House Chambers during a series of votes in the U.S. “I had great conversations, great discussions with our colleagues.” We’re going to keep going,” Jordan said Tuesday afternoon. The House’s slim margin is what led to McCarthy’s removal at the hands of a band of eight GOP rebels – and now a similarly sized group of House Republicans could block Jordan’s ascension, too.Īfter the first vote, the House recessed and Jordan shuffled between the speaker’s office and the majority whip’s office holding meetings, before Jordan said the next vote would be on Wednesday. Jordan can only afford to lose four GOP votes. Seven members of the House Appropriations Committee – which has fought Jordan’s opposition to spending bills for years – voted against Jordan. There are centrist Republicans concerned that the face of the House GOP would be a conservative hardliner, as well as lawmakers still furious at the small group of Republicans who forced out McCarthy and then opposed the speaker nomination of Scalise, who initially defeated Jordan inside the GOP conference, 113 to 99. Jordan’s opponents come from several factions. The anti-Jordan contingent cast six votes for McCarthy, seven votes for Majority Leader Steve Scalise and three for former New York GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado and a quartet of New York Republicans in purple districts. The 20 Republicans who voted against Jordan include House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger of Texas, Rep. The level of GOP opposition to Jordan during Tuesday’s speaker’s vote – held exactly two weeks after the House ousted Kevin McCarthy – was a disappointment for Jordan’s allies who had expressed hopes that the number of holdouts would only be in the single digits. ET Wednesday, where the Ohio Republican and his allies hope to see his support increase even in the face of entrenched opposition. Jordan has scheduled another vote for speaker for 11 a.m. Jim Jordan called off a second speaker’s vote Tuesday evening while he scrambled behind the scenes to try to win over 20 Republicans who voted against him earlier in the day. *Forced to choose, respondents overwhelmingly trusted journalists over politicians 76% to 6%.Conservative Republican Rep. Forty nine percent of Republicans also call Russia an enemy, but only 27% of Democrats do. *Partisan differences emerged on foreign policy as 52% of Democrats call China an ally, but most Republicans – 55% – call it an enemy. Nine percent of women and 4% of men say they read it every day. *Men were much more likely than women – 51% to 35% – to say they never read their horoscope. *Two-thirds of Americans answered “no” when asked if they liked the thought of killing their own food, but 27% – including one of five women and one of three men – said the idea appealed to them. New Orleans and San Francisco brought up the rear at 4 and 5 respectively. * Las Vegas beat New York for most decadent city, with Miami in third. Reality check: Google had revenues of $29 billion last year. * Google‘s secrets are seen as more valuable than Coca Cola‘s: far more people – 44% – wish they owned the rights to Google’s search algorithm than Coke’s secret formula (18%). In other results from the quirky monthly poll: The phone poll of 1,165 adults also found that Republicans are more likely to value character most in their presidents, while Democrats and Independents tend to choose intelligence first.
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