The journey begins…
10/11/2023:
The House GOP has decided to back Rep. Steve Scalise as the new Speaker of the House…
Rep. Steve Scalise has won the House GOP’s nomination for speaker in a secret ballot vote. The final vote tally was 113 for Scalise and 99 for Rep. Jim Jordan.
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 11, 2023
CNN’s Manu Raju explains the vote threshold needed to become House speaker. https://t.co/dgOEEk2psy pic.twitter.com/sZIZ6gAP0a
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) announces he is withdrawing from the speaker race. pic.twitter.com/G9EbSSeGMx
— CSPAN (@cspan) October 13, 2023
Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan was back in the race; Georgia Republican Rep. Austin Scott his challenger…
Jim Jordan wins GOP nomination for the speakership, Elise Stefanik announces.
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 13, 2023
House Republicans voted to nominate Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) for speaker of the House.
— CSPAN (@cspan) October 13, 2023
He defeated the Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA) in a 124–81 vote by secret ballot. pic.twitter.com/JTHm84BDG9
And that’s it… the House is adjourned for the weekend pic.twitter.com/RJswMK0bqq
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 13, 2023
Our journey continues…
Following a second (it might have been a third) round of secret closed door voting and a weekend plus Monday spent harassing it’s members; as of Tuesday morning ahead of the noon House call, Jordan is still allegedly short the 217/216 votes needed to claim the gavel…
Ahead of speaker vote:
— Annie Grayer (@AnnieGrayerCNN) October 17, 2023
FIRM NO:
Don Bacon
Mike Lawler
Mike Kelly
Carlos Gimenez
Mario Diaz Balart
LEANING NO:
Ken Buck
Victoria Spartz
Steve Womack
Marianette Miller-Meeks
UNDECIDED/NOT SAYING:
Young Kim
John Rutherford
Juan Ciscomani
Tom Kean Jr
ABSENT:
Gus Bilirakis
Live front row seat(s) to the clown show…
Washington Post…
and…
The only two I can find as of 11:18 a.m. D.C., time.
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