{"id":2070325,"date":"2023-10-17T14:02:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T18:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jordan-fails-to-become-speaker-on-first-ballot-as-20-republicans-vote-against-him\/"},"modified":"2023-10-17T14:03:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T18:03:48","slug":"jordan-fails-to-become-speaker-on-first-ballot-as-20-republicans-vote-against-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jordan-fails-to-become-speaker-on-first-ballot-as-20-republicans-vote-against-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan falls short in bid for speaker as 20 GOP members oppose him."},"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\">26<\/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%2Fjordan-fails-to-become-speaker-on-first-ballot-as-20-republicans-vote-against-him%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=2070325&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>Rep. Jim Jordan \u2063Falls Short in Bid for Speaker<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-womens-soccer-teams-polarizing-politics-put-them-at-risk-of-being-irrelevant-alexi-lalas\/\" title=\"US women's soccer team's political stance risks making them insignificant: Alexi Lalas.\">fell\u200b short<\/a>\u200b in his bid to become speaker on the first ballot, \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-radical-prosecutor-nominee-faces-mounting-opposition\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Radical Prosecutor Nominee Faces Mounting Opposition\">facing opposition<\/a> from 20 Republicans who voted against him. This\u200b caused him to miss the\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-jordans-momentum-stalled-after-closed-door-gop-meeting-a-day-before-floor-vote\/\" title=\"Jim Jordan's momentum halted after a closed-door GOP meeting prior to the floor vote.\">217 votes\u2062 needed<\/a> to \u2064secure the gavel.<\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem\u2063 Jeffries (D-NY) received 212 votes, while Jordan received 200, with 20 Republicans supporting other candidates.<\/p>\n<h3>Live Updates on Speaker \u2062Vote<\/h3>\n<p>Despite an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jordan-fails-to-become-speaker-on-first-ballot-as-20-republicans-vote-against-him\/\" title=\"Jordan falls short in bid for speaker as 20 GOP members oppose him.\">intense \u200dpressure campaign leading<\/a> up\u200d to the vote, Jordan\u200b was unable to sway enough people in his favor. The number of Republican dissenters grew \u2063significantly by \u200dthe day of the\u200b vote.<\/p>\n<p>Centrists, frustrated supporters of House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), former\u2062 House\u200c Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), and other GOP lawmakers\u2063 withheld their\u200d support for Jordan on\u200d the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan&#8217;s allies were eager to proceed\u200b with a vote on Tuesday, hoping to eventually gain a majority on the floor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> \u2063to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy \u200dhimself took 15 ballots to secure the\u200b speakership before being removed nine months later, which has contributed to the current situation.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Jordan and his allies\u2063 are\u200c expected to rally support from \u2063the \u200bRepublican holdouts and aim for a second vote on the floor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is a breaking story\u2063 and\u2064 will be\u2062 updated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why were 20 Republicans voting against Rep. Jim\u2062 Jordan?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-navy-inclusion-and-diversity-report-includes-pledge-to-advocate-for-and-acknowledge-all-intersectional-identities\/\" title=\"U.S. Navy \u2018Inclusion And Diversity\u2019 Report Includes Pledge To \u2018Advocate For And Acknowledge\u2019 All \u2018Intersectional Identities\u2019\">fallen short<\/a> in his bid to \u200cbecome Speaker of\u2062 the \u2064House. \u2063Despite an intense pressure campaign leading up to\u200d the vote,\u2063 Jordan was unable to sway enough people in his favor. \u200cThis resulted in 20\u2064 Republicans voting\u2063 against him, causing \u2062him to miss\u2063 the 217 votes needed to secure \u2064the gavel. \u2062House Minority \u200cLeader\u2063 Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) received 212 votes, while Jordan received \u2064200, with 20 Republicans \u200bsupporting\u200c other candidates.<\/p>\n<p>The number \u2062of Republican dissenters grew\u200c significantly by the day\u2063 of the \u2064vote. Centrists, frustrated supporters of House Majority \u2064Leader Steve \u200bScalise (R-LA), former House Speaker Kevin\u200b McCarthy (R-CA), and other GOP lawmakers withheld their support \u2064for Jordan on the floor. It seems that Jordan&#8217;s allies were eager to proceed \u200bwith a vote on Tuesday, hoping to eventually gain \u200da majority on the\u200d floor.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth mentioning that McCarthy himself took 15 ballots to secure the speakership before being removed nine months later. This could have contributed\u2062 to the\u200c current \u200dsituation. Now, Jordan \u2064and\u200c his \u200ballies are\u200b expected to rally support from the Republican\u2064 holdouts\u2063 and aim for a second \u200dvote on the \u2062floor.<\/p>\n<p>This is a breaking \u2062story \u200band will be updated as more \u2063information becomes available. For more details, you can visit The\u200d Washington Examiner&#8217;s website \u200cby clicking here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) fell short of the 217 votes needed to become speaker as 20 Republicans voted against him. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) received 212 votes, while Jordan got 200, with 20 Republicans supporting other candidates. Stay tuned for live updates on the speaker vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2070326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2070325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2070325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2070326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2070325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2070325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2070325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}