The House of Representatives is expected to vote Tuesday on who should next take up the speaker’s gavel, with Republicans pushing to get Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan in the role.
Jordan told reporters that he would be willing to vote on as many ballots as necessary to get a new speaker into the House on Tuesday.
“We need to get a speaker today and we feel really good about where we’re at,” he said as he left his office. He added that he would do “whatever it takes to get a speaker today.”“The role of a Speaker is to bring all Republicans together,” he wrote. “That’s what I intend to do.”dropped his bid for the speakership
due to a lack of support. The next speaker will need to win 217 votes before the full House in order to take up the gavel.Tuesday’s vote is expected two weeks after the House ousted McCarthy from the top leadership position in the chamber.
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