In a closely watched vote in Congress' lower chamber, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, fell short of the 217 votes needed to secure a seat as the House speaker, according to The Hill.
On Wednesday's vote, 199 Republicans supporting Jordan, with 22 votes scattered among other candidates. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., received 212 votes, all from Democrats. The next round of voting is scheduled for Thursday.
Notably, six Republican representatives changed their votes from the previous day's ballot. Four of them, who had previously supported Jordan, shifted their allegiance to other candidates, while two representatives — who had not previously supported Jordan — voted in his favor.Conversely, two Republican representatives switched to support Jordan during the second ballot: California Rep. Doug LaMalfa, who had initially supported former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Indiana Rep.
Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., who had not been present during Tuesday's vote, cast his vote in favor of Jordan. One interesting development in the speaker race — as the rumblings of the United States entering another decades long war in the Middle East overtake Washington — a House Democrat, Rep. Brad Sherman of California, floated the idea that former President George W. Bush should get a shot at ruling the House, according to The Washington Times.
Nonetheless, among the 22 votes going to other Republican candidates, seven were in support of Scalise, with five for McCarthy, and the remaining scattered throughout: Nick Koutsobinas | [email protected] Nick Koutsobinas, a Newsmax writer, has years of news reporting experience. A graduate from Missouri State University’s philosophy program, he focuses on exposing corruption and censorship.
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