{"id":2064185,"date":"2023-10-11T21:37:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T01:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-will-not-choose-speaker-today-does-scalise-have-enough-votes-to-win\/"},"modified":"2023-10-11T21:40:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T01:40:09","slug":"house-will-not-choose-speaker-today-does-scalise-have-enough-votes-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-will-not-choose-speaker-today-does-scalise-have-enough-votes-to-win\/","title":{"rendered":"No Speaker chosen today: Does Scalise have enough votes to win?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-will-not-choose-speaker-today-does-scalise-have-enough-votes-to-win%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2064185&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>If Chaos Reigns, the\u200d House Still\u2062 Needs a Speaker<\/h2>\n<p>If the world\u2019s descent into \u200bchaos and madness had led us to \u200bforget, Wednesday brought a \u2064reminder that the House of Representatives still needs a speaker.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/house-speaker-race-10-11-23\/h_ab6ec8b8221023e7a44021feab991705\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>, that need will extend at least into Thursday, as the House \u2062voted to recess at 3 p.m. EST.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Wednesday, Rep.\u2064 Steve Scalise of Louisiana won a narrow, closed-door <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jim-jordan-loses-speaker-nomination-closely-contested-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vote<\/a> and became\u2063 the\u200d Republican nominee for \u2062speaker,\u2062 but that vote by no means \u200bguarantees his election even in a GOP-controlled House.<\/p>\n<p>For one thing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/steve-scalise-makes-vow-possible-showdown-jordan-trump-speaker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scalise<\/a> prevailed over Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio by a margin\u2064 of only 113-99. That <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-will-not-choose-speaker-today-does-scalise-have-enough-votes-to-win\/\" title=\"No Speaker chosen today: Does Scalise have enough votes to win?\">margin reflects\u200d clear divisions inside<\/a> the party.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan, at least, has pledged to support\u200d Scalise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need a speaker, and Steve is\u2063 the \u2064guy for that.\u200b Like I said, I have offered to give a nominating speech for him,\u201d Jordan said.<\/p>\n<p>Other\u200c GOP members, however, have expressed continued support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-view-host-meltdown-jim-jordan-house-speaker-terrorized\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jordan<\/a>, \u200bwhom they perceive as \u200bleast beholden to the loathsome establishment.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, several GOP dissidents took to social media on Wednesday to \u200bexplain their vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will be voting for Jim Jordan \u2062to be Speaker of \u200dthe\u2063 House on the floor when\u200b the vote is \u2064called. In conference, Jordan received 99 votes and Scalise received 113,\u201d Rep.\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lauren-boebert-scolds-childish-republicans-plotting-remove-matt-gaetz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lauren Boebert<\/a> of Colorado wrote Wednesday on\u2064 X, formerly \u200bTwitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a chance to unify the \u2063party\u2062 behind closed doors, \u200bbut the \u2064Swamp and K Street lobbyists prevented that. The American people\u200b deserve a real change in leadership,\u2062 not a continuation of the status quo,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I will be voting for Jim Jordan to be Speaker\u200d of\u200d the House on the floor\u200d when the vote\u2063 is called.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2063conference, Jordan received 99 votes and Scalise \u2064received 113.<\/p>\n<p>We had a chance to unify the party behind closed \u200cdoors, but the Swamp\u200d and K\u200d Street lobbyists prevented \u200dthat.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2063Lauren\u200c Boebert (@laurenboebert)\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurenboebert\/status\/1712163609436909975?\">October\u2063 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. \u200dBob Good of Virginia echoed Boebert\u2019s sentiments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI voted\u200d for Jim\u2064 Jordan in the\u200c Republican Conference today. I also voted\u2063 for us to stay in conference \u200cuntil someone gets the required support of 217. No one received a\u2063 majority of\u2062 221 eligible\u200b voting members,\u201d Good posted.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, he added, \u201cI\u2063 am still supporting Jordan. The country cannot afford the status\u200b quo.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I voted\u200d for Jim Jordan\u2062 in \u200dthe\u2064 Republican Conference today. I\u200d also voted for\u2063 us to stay\u200c in \u200bconference until\u200b someone gets the required support of\u200d 217.\u2062 No one received\u200b a\u2062 majority of 221 eligible voting members. I \u200cam still supporting Jordan. The \u2064country cannot afford the status quo.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Congressman Bob\u2064 Good (@RepBobGood) \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepBobGood\/status\/1712193513352303084?\">October 11, \u20632023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As part \u2062of a lengthier post, Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hardball-marjorie-taylor-greene-threatens-government-shutdown-unless-biden-impeachment-inquiry-vote-happens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marjorie \u2062Taylor Greene<\/a> of\u200c Georgia urged\u2062 Scalise to focus on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-majority-leader-steve-scalise-announces-cancer-diagnosis-days-not-feeling-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just voted for Jim Jordan for Speaker on a\u200b private ballot \u2064in \u2064conference, and I will be voting for Jim Jordan on \u200dthe House\u200c floor. I like \u200dSteve Scalise, and I like him \u2063so much that I want to see him defeat\u2064 cancer more\u200d than sacrifice his health in the most difficult \u200dposition in \u200bCongress,\u201d Greene \u2062wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I just voted for\u200c Jim\u200c Jordan for Speaker on a private ballot in \u2063conference, and I will be voting for Jim Jordan on the House floor.<\/p>\n<p>I like Steve Scalise, and I like\u200b him so much that I want to see him defeat cancer more than sacrifice his health\u2062 in the most difficult position\u200d in\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1712171554467901575?\">October 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, on the \u2062other hand, got right to \u200cthe point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJim Jordan,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"sv\">Jim Jordan<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anna \u2064Paulina Luna (@realannapaulina) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realannapaulina\/status\/1712173210895110394?\">October 11,\u2064 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At\u200b least one person appreciated the Republican dissidents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you. We don\u2019t want \u200dMcCarthy light,\u201d one X user posted in reply \u2064to Luna.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thank you. We don\u2019t\u200c want McCarthy light.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 D.\u200b Mclaughlin \u2013 panem et circenses (@DonMcLaughlin9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonMcLaughlin9\/status\/1712173632984678754?\">October 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That \u201cMcCarthy light\u201d label, fair or otherwise, poses a significant \u2063obstacle in\u200d Scalise\u2019s quest to secure\u2063 the necessary 218 votes.<\/p>\n<p>With\u200c the GOP holding \u200da\u2063 narrow \u2062221-212 majority, plus two vacant seats, Scalise can\u2063 afford only \u2062seven defections. Assuming Boebert, Good, Greene\u2063 and Luna \u200bhold to their pledges, the Republican nominee has very little wiggle room.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, as \u2063the day unfolded, Scalise\u2019s uphill climb appeared steeper and steeper.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-thomas-massie-accuses-garland-perjury-confronting-ray-epps-indictment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Massie<\/a> of Kentucky, for instance, estimated \u201cat least 20\u201d GOP \u2062holdouts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s be \u2062clear, January was a coronation, and it was difficult. This \u200bis a competition and it\u2019s going to be even more \u200bdifficult,\u201d Massie said Wednesday according\u2063 to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>It appears that more House drama \u2014 and perhaps a good deal of it \u2014 lay ahead.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">.author_subscription_pitch p{margin:5px;}<\/p>\n<p><em><b>An Urgent \u200bNote from Our\u200c Staff:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Western Journal\u2063 has been labeled\u200c \u201cdangerous\u201d \u2064simply\u2062 because we have a biblical worldview and speak the truth about what is happening in America.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2063 refuse \u200bto let Big Tech and\u200b woke \u200cadvertisers\u2062 dictate the content we share with our community. \u200cWe\u200b stand for truth. We\u200b stand\u2063 for freedom. 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Your support \u2062means we can continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uncovered-american-tax-dollars-funding-way-more-than-just-weapons-in-ukraine\/\" title=\"American tax dollars funding more than just weapons in Ukraine uncovered.\">expose false narratives<\/a> and defend traditional \u2062American\u200b values.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please \u2062stand with us by\u2063 donating \u2062today<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Thank you for your support!<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The \u2062post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-will-not-chose-speaker-today-scalise-enough-votes-win\/\">House\u200c Will Not Choose Speaker Today:\u200d Does Scalise Have Enough Votes to Win?<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The \u200bWestern Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200cWhat role does the speaker of the House play in our government&#8217;s functioning?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The votes, so no speaker was elected today. I still strongly believe that Jim Jordan\u2064 is the best choice for \u2062speaker, and I will \u2062vote for him on the House floor,\u201d Good said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepBobGood\/status\/1712184062749766700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The division within the Republican party \u2062regarding the speaker position is not surprising.\u200d The \u2063GOP has been grappling with internal conflicts and power struggles for years. From the rise of the Tea Party to \u2062the Trump era, different factions within the party have emerged, each with its own agenda and vision for the\u200c future.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Scalise, the current Republican nominee for speaker, is seen as a more establishment \u200cfigure. While \u200che has the support of some \u200cparty members, others view him as part of the same old Washington politics that they want to dismantle.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Jordan, on the\u2062 other hand, represents the more conservative wing of the party. He is\u2062 known for his fiery speeches and relentless pursuit of conservative principles.\u200b For many Republicans, he embodies the \u200dkind of change\u200c they want to see in leadership.<\/p>\n<p>But \u200cregardless of the divisions and disagreements, the \u200bHouse still needs a speaker. The speaker\u2064 of the House is a crucial role in\u200b our\u2064 government&#8217;s functioning. They are responsible for leading legislative agendas, ensuring the smooth operation of the\u200d House, \u2062and representing the interests of their respective parties.<\/p>\n<p>Without a speaker, the House\u2063 would \u200ddescend into chaos. Legislation would stall, important decisions would be delayed, and the functioning of our democracy would be compromised. Chaos may reign in the \u200bworld, but we cannot let \u2064it prevail within the walls of our legislative body.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d search for a speaker should not be seen as a power struggle or a \u2064contest \u2064between different factions. It should be a \u200bthoughtful\u200c and deliberate process aimed\u200b at finding the best candidate to lead the House and uphold\u2063 the principles and values of our democracy.<\/p>\n<p>We need a speaker who can bring people together,\u2063 bridge the gaps between\u200d different factions, and work\u2062 towards\u2064 meaningful solutions for the challenges facing our nation. The speaker should be someone\u2064 who commands respect, fosters unity, and puts \u200bthe interests\u2064 of\u200d the American people above \u2062all else.<\/p>\n<p>The House of Representatives still needs a speaker, regardless of \u200dthe chaos and divisions that may\u200b exist within the party. It is essential that the members of\u200d the House prioritize this\u2062 task and come together to ensure\u200c the stability and \u200beffectiveness of our legislative branch.<\/p>\n<p>As the House continues its search for a speaker, it is my hope that they put aside their differences and focus on \u200bthe greater goal of serving the American people. We cannot afford to\u2063 let chaos reign in our\u2064 government. We must find a \u200dspeaker who can \u2062bring order, unity, and progress to the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the choice of speaker will have a significant impact on\u200c the direction \u2064and success of our legislative agenda. It is a decision that should not be taken lightly. Let us remember the \u200bimportance of this position and the responsibility it carries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday served as a reminder that the House of Representatives requires a speaker amidst the chaos. CNN reports that this need will persist until Thursday, as the House decided to recess at 3 p.m. EST. Rep. 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