Rep. Jim Jordan is expected to continue running for the top job while the interim Speaker, Rep. Patrick McHenry, has expanded caretaker powers.
has reportedly retreated—for now—after failing to win two votes to become the next Speaker of the House.
Instead, the Ohio Republican was expected to endorse an increasingly popular plan to temporarily stop the House GOP’s bleeding: empowering the Speaker pro tempore, Rep. Patrick McHenry , to conduct essential House business on a short-term basis. The news wasA source familiar with Jordan’s plans said he was not dropping out and would continue to run as the Speaker designee, with the aim of shoring up the necessary 217 votes by January.
Many of Jordan’s backers fiercely opposed any plan to grant McHenry the power to reopen the House, which they viewed as a capitulation. Democrats had signaled their openness to supporting McHenry, with some conditions.
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