{"id":2065953,"date":"2023-10-13T06:21:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T10:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-restart-speaker-search-after-scalise-drops-out-its-a-math-problem\/"},"modified":"2023-10-13T06:24:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T10:24:19","slug":"house-republicans-restart-speaker-search-after-scalise-drops-out-its-a-math-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-restart-speaker-search-after-scalise-drops-out-its-a-math-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans are searching for a new speaker after Scalise withdraws: &#8216;It&#8217;s a numbers issue.&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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-republicans-restart-speaker-search-after-scalise-drops-out-its-a-math-problem%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=2065953&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>SPEAKER VOTE: SCALISE AND HOUSE REPUBLICANS COULD BE FACING ANOTHER FLOOR FIASCO<\/h2>\n<p>The\u200d House was thrown into even more chaos after House Republicans\u2019 speaker\u2063 designate, Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), withdrew from the race once it became clear he had no path to win the election, leaving the House leaderless\u2063 for a 10th straight day.<\/p>\n<p>GOP lawmakers are set to meet for their fifth\u2063 consecutive day \u200cof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-gov-cuomo-shunned-experts-embraced-lobbyists-drove-top-health-officials-to-quit-over-pandemic-response-report\/\" title=\"NY Gov. Cuomo Shunned Experts, Embraced Lobbyists, Drove Top Health Officials To Quit Over Pandemic Response: Report\">closed-door meetings<\/a> on Friday as they plot a\u2063 path forward and try to coalesce around \u200ca candidate who can get the 217 votes necessary to become speaker on\u200b the House floor. Members are expected to reconsider a number of rule \u200cchanges \u2063that could dictate how they choose their next speaker, but it remains unclear when the chamber will vote on its \u2062next nominee.<\/p>\n<h3>Scalise Withdraws from Speaker Race<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>After a day of meeting behind closed doors with the full conference and those opposed to his speakership, Scalise announced \u2062Thursday night he would\u2063 be withdrawing his name from the running.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were people who told me they were fine with me three days ago who were moving the goalpost and making up reasons why that had nothing to do with anything,\u201d Scalise \u200btold reporters.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With him out of the \u200dmix, the Republican conference \u2063is now scrambling to find who will be\u2062 its next nominee for speaker.\u200d Lawmakers will meet again for another conference meeting at 10 a.m. on \u2063Friday, where members will talk about who could \u200cbe the next nominee, as\u200c well as consider a number of rules going\u200b forward for electing \u2064a speaker.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s possible lawmakers could consider adopting a new rule, which \u2063would require a candidate to receive 217 votes within the conference before advancing the\u2062 nomination to the floor for a full vote in the\u2064 House. \u2064Republicans voted to table that motion earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of the holdouts on Scalise were supporters of House Judiciary Chairman Jim \u200cJordan (R-OH), who ran against Scalise but lost 113-99 in conference on Tuesday, and now the Ohio Republican is expected to run for speaker again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think today we got \u200cto focus \u200con a great American like Steve Scalise. Any type of announcement about what may or may not\u200c happen, I think \u200dis best done tomorrow,\u201d Jordan said following Scalise\u2019s announcement.\u2064 \u201cLook, when I decided to run before, I waited \u200buntil the next day after Kevin made his decision. I thought that was appropriate. I will do the same thing right now. \u2062I\u2019ll wait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Multiple GOP aides and members have said that they believe Jordan is\u2063 the only candidate who can get to 217\u2064 votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJim&#8217;s got a\u2063 heart of a warrior to \u2063go do this, and it&#8217;s time to \u2063change,\u201d Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), who\u2062 supports Jordan, said on a radio show Thursday. \u201cAnd if the old guard thinks \u2063that the status quo is working, someone show me what they&#8217;re proud of that Congress has done over the last \u206230 or 40 \u200dyears. \u2026 I think Jim \u2064has demonstrated a willingness\u2063 to take on the status quo but also work with people in town\u200d to\u2063 figure out how to get\u200d things done and work across the\u2064 conference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several members are expected to back Jordan for the nomination,\u200d although it\u2019s possible other lawmakers could submit their names for consideration. Shortly after Scalise rescinded his \u200cname from consideration, Rep. Anna\u200c Paulina Luna (R-FL) floated at least three additional names that\u200c could be considered: Reps. Kevin Hern (R-OK), Mark Green (R-TN) and former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u200b don&#8217;t know who else\u200c would run. \u2064I would\u200b tell you \u2064I know Jim \u200dJordan\u200b would do a good job,\u201d said\u200b Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD). \u201cI \u2062know\u2062 Jim is\u200b absolutely capable of running this\u200b conference, leading this conference, but I also \u2064want to \u200bgive other candidates a shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, there is not an official list of names who are actively seeking \u200bto be \u200dspeaker, \u200dseveral members said while coming out of Thursday\u2019s conference meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot yet,\u201d \u2064said Rep.\u2063 Thomas Massie (R-KY) when asked if other names have\u2062 been floated for consideration. \u201cI wish \u2064there wouldn\u2019t be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some centrist\u200c members have said they do not\u2063 want \u2064to support \u200bJordan for speaker due to him being a more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-conservatives-press-biden-to-withdraw-request-for-ukraine-funding\/\" title=\"House conservatives urge Biden to retract Ukraine funding request.\">hard-line \u200dconservative<\/a> on the House\u200c Freedom Caucus.<\/p>\n<p>One House GOP aide told the\u2063 Washington Examiner that centrists who represent districts President Joe\u2063 Biden won in 2020 \u201caren\u2019t voting for Jim Jordan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy \u200cempowering Jim Jordan, moderates can \u200cexpect to vote \u2062on items such as expunging the two impeachments of President Trump, federal abortion restrictions, steep cuts to safety-net programs, \u2064and protecting January 6th \u2064insurrectionists. The campaign \u2064ads basically write themselves,\u201d the aide said.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), a centrist member who represents a district Biden won in\u200b 2020, said\u2063 he would \u201cchew on\u201d whether or not he will support Jordan but worries that electing him would \u2063\u201creward bad behavior\u201d of the members who tanked\u2064 Scalise\u2019s nomination.<\/p>\n<p>But, on Tuesday, after the candidate forum, the Nebraska Republican\u200b did praise Jordan\u2064 and the\u200d plan he laid out for the conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought [Jordan] did\u200c a very\u200c good \u200djob,\u201d Bacon\u2063 said at the time. \u201cThey both did. I mean, \u2063I don&#8217;t want to take anything away from Steve, but I thought Jim handled himself in a way that he&#8217;s going to represent the entire conference. \u2026 He didn\u2019t come\u200b off as the Freedom Caucus guy. He\u200d came off \u200cas \u2018I can represent everybody,\u2019\u200b and he had a, I would say straightforward, reasonable plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are members who are already publicly against Jordan. Reps. Austin Scott (R-GA)\u2064 and Ann Wagner (R-MO) \u200chave\u200b both\u2063 said they \u200bwon\u2019t support Jordan for speaker, and Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) has stayed firm in his stance that he \u2063will continue\u2063 to\u2062 only vote for former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to have the same problem with \u200cJordan that we had with Scalise,\u201d said Rep. Mike \u200bGarcia (R-CA), who\u200c said he\u2019s supporting Jordan. \u201cI\u200b think it\u2019s a math problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are other potential candidates as well, including House Majority\u200d Whip Tom Emmer \u2064(R-MN). McCarthy also left the \u200ddoor\u2064 open to running again and has at least two supporters within the\u200b conference who are expected\u2064 to\u2064 vote for him, Gimenez\u200d and Rep. Tom \u200dMcClintock (R-CA).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet the conference\u200d decide,\u201d McCarthy said when asked if he\u2019d run \u2063again.\u200c \u201cI just think the conference as\u2062 a whole has to figure out their\u2064 problem, solve\u200d it,\u200b and select a\u2062 leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thursday \u2064night, after Scalise withdrew his name, McClintock started \u2064circulating a &#8220;dear colleague&#8221; letter and a long-shot\u2063 resolution to condemn the vote \u2064last \u2062week that ousted McCarthy and to recommend\u200c him as the conference\u2019s \u200bnext nominee for speaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur conference never voted to oust\u2064 our Speaker,\u201d McClintock said in his letter. \u201cEight \u200dof our \u2018morally\u200d superior\u2019 colleagues made that decision for us. And for \u2062the last nine days, we\u2019ve been jumping through their hoops. \u2026 Let\u2019s put the ouster of Speaker McCarthy to a\u200c conference vote. Specifically, I propose to condemn the House vote that removed\u200d him, \u200dand re-nominate him for\u2062 that office, and then keep\u2062 voting until enough of our wayward colleagues return to the fold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another\u2062 name floated \u2063has been Speaker Pro Tempore \u2063Patrick McHenry (R-NC), who currently serves as speaker in a placeholder \u200drole.<\/p>\n<p>When \u2063asked if he would accept the \u2062job, McHenry said, \u201cIt is up to the will of the conference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers\u2064 are expected to reconsider \u2063a number of rules that \u200dwere previously floated in Wednesday\u2019s election meeting as well as hold another candidate forum at some point within the next\u2062 week. Still, the exact schedule is\u200d not entirely clear as\u2064 the House\u2064 grapples with the ramifications of the historic ouster of a sitting speaker.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/congress\/speaker-vote-scalise-house-republicans-floor-fiasco\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u2063How confident are GOP aides and members that\u200c Jim Jordan can secure \u2064the\u200b necessary 217 votes to become speaker<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The speaker vote \u200bin the House of\u200b Representatives has \u200dtaken yet\u200c another dramatic turn, with Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) withdrawing from\u200b the race, leaving the House leaderless for the 10th consecutive day. The withdrawal came after\u200c closed-door meetings with the full conference and those opposed to Scalise&#8217;s speakership, where it \u200cbecame clear\u2064 that he did not have the necessary support to\u2063 win. \u200d <\/p>\n<p>With Scalise out of the \u200cmix, House Republicans \u2063now\u2063 find \u200bthemselves scrambling to find a new nominee for speaker. They have been \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-restart-speaker-search-after-scalise-drops-out-its-a-math-problem\/\" title=\"House Republicans are searching for a new speaker after Scalise withdraws: 'It's a numbers issue.'\">holding consecutive closed-door meetings<\/a> in an attempt to coalesce around a candidate who can garner the 217 votes needed to become speaker on the House floor. The discussions have also included reconsideration of rule changes that could \u2064dictate the process of choosing\u200c the next speaker, although\u200b it is still unclear when the chamber will vote on the new \u2064nominee.<\/p>\n<p>The majority \u2062of the \u2064holdouts on Scalise were supporters of House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan\u2062 (R-OH), who ran against Scalise but \u200clost 113-99 in conference on Tuesday. Jordan is now\u2063 expected to\u200c run for speaker \u200bagain, and multiple GOP\u2063 aides\u200d and members believe he \u200cis the only candidate \u2063who can\u200b reach the necessary 217 votes.<\/p>\n<p>While some members\u200b are \u2063expected to back Jordan\u2064 for the nomination, it is possible that other lawmakers will submit their \u2064names for consideration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House faced increased chaos as House Republicans&#8217; speaker designate, Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), withdrew from the race due to no chance of winning. This left the House leaderless for a 10th day. 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