{"id":2070433,"date":"2023-10-17T15:02:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T19:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-examiners-byron-york-says-house-republicans-voting-no-for-jordan-is-almost-a-statement\/"},"modified":"2023-10-17T15:03:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T19:03:37","slug":"washington-examiners-byron-york-says-house-republicans-voting-no-for-jordan-is-almost-a-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-examiners-byron-york-says-house-republicans-voting-no-for-jordan-is-almost-a-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Byron York of the Washington Examiner suggests that House Republicans voting against Jordan&#8217;s appointment is a significant expression."},"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\">36<\/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%2Fwashington-examiners-byron-york-says-house-republicans-voting-no-for-jordan-is-almost-a-statement%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=2070433&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>The\u200b Washington Examiner&#8217;s chief political correspondent Byron York says House Republicans\u2064 are making a\u2064 statement by refusing to vote for Rep. Jim\u200d Jordan<\/h2>\n<p>According to York, \u2064these Republicans are frustrated over Rep. Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s removal as House speaker and are not willing \u200bto let Jordan &#8220;sail through on the first ballot.&#8221; The House has been without a speaker for two\u200d weeks now.<\/p>\n<p>York\u200c suggests that while some representatives voted against Jordan initially, they may change their minds in future rounds of voting. He believes they will realize the need for a speaker to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-cori-bush-rushes-to-defense-of-very-violent-criminals-rioting-attacking-guard-in-jail\/\" title=\"Democrat Cori Bush Rushes To Defense Of \u2018Very Violent\u2019 Criminals Rioting, Attacking Guard In Jail\">address concerns<\/a> in the United States. McCarthy \u200dhimself went through 15 rounds of \u200dvoting before becoming House\u200d speaker earlier this\u2062 year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So I\u2019m going to look to see if, after \u200da ballot or two, \u2064some of them are\u200d going to say, &#8216;Well, we \u2062made our point, and now let\u2019s elect Jordan speaker,'&#8221; York said.<\/p>\n<p>In the first round of voting, Jordan did not secure the gavel, with 20 Republican lawmakers voting for other candidates. Meanwhile, House\u200c Minority \u2062Leader Hakeem Jeffries received more\u200c votes than Jordan.<\/p>\n<h3>The House of Representatives is unable to function \u2064properly without a new speaker<\/h3>\n<p>The\u2064 absence \u200cof a speaker is significantly limiting decisions regarding the United States, including how to support Israel after the recent Hamas attack.<\/p>\n<p>The search for a new House speaker \u2063began when Rep. Matt\u200b Gaetz and \u200bseven other \u200bHouse\u2063 Republicans joined Democrats to remove McCarthy from the speakership.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How long has the House been without a speaker and what are the consequences of this<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The refusal of House Republicans to vote\u2064 for Rep.\u200c Jim Jordan as the new House speaker is seen as a statement by the party, according to Byron York, the Washington Examiner&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-examiners-byron-york-says-house-republicans-voting-no-for-jordan-is-almost-a-statement\/\" title=\"Byron York of the Washington Examiner suggests that House Republicans voting against Jordan's appointment is a significant expression.\">chief political \u200dcorrespondent<\/a>. York suggests that these Republicans are \u200bexpressing their frustration over Rep. Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s removal as House speaker and are not willing to let Jordan &#8220;sail through\u200c on the first ballot.&#8221; As a result, the House has been without a speaker for two weeks now.<\/p>\n<p>York\u200b believes that while some representatives may have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-requiring-workers-to-wear-masks-unless-everyone-in-the-room-is-vaccinated\/\" title=\"California Requiring Workers To Wear Masks Unless Everyone In The Room Is Vaccinated\">initially voted<\/a> against Jordan, they may change their minds in future rounds of voting. He believes that as they recognize the need for a speaker to address concerns in the United States, \u200cthey may decide to\u200b elect \u200cJordan as the speaker. McCarthy himself went through 15 \u200brounds of voting before becoming\u200d House speaker earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So I\u2019m going to look to see if, after a \u200dballot or two, some of them are going\u200d to say, &#8216;Well, we\u2064 made our point,\u2062 and now let\u2019s elect Jordan speaker,'&#8221; York said.<\/p>\n<p>In the first round of voting, Jordan did not secure the necessary votes, with 20 Republican lawmakers voting \u200cfor other candidates. Meanwhile, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries received more votes\u2063 than Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>The House of Representatives is currently unable to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-michigan-recently-authorize-a-full-forensic-audit-of-the-2020-election-results\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did Michigan Recently Authorize A \u2018Full Forensic Audit\u2019 Of The 2020 Election Results?\">function properly<\/a> without a\u2064 new speaker. The\u2063 absence of a \u200bspeaker is significantly limiting decisions\u200c regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-cant-make-this-up-disgraced-former-fbi-agent-peter-strzoks-wife-melissa-hodgman-named-acting-director-of-the-division-of-enforcement-for-the-sec\/\" title=\"You Can\u2019t Make This Up: Disgraced Former FBI Agent Peter Strzok\u2019s Wife, Melissa Hodgman, Named Acting Director of the Division of Enforcement for the SEC\">important matters<\/a>, including how to support Israel after the recent Hamas\u200b attack.<\/p>\n<p>The search for \u200ba new House speaker began when Rep. \u2064Matt Gaetz and seven other House Republicans joined Democrats\u200d to\u200d remove McCarthy from the\u2062 speakership.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit the Washington\u200b Examiner&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Examiner&#8217;s Byron York stated that House Republicans not voting for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) are expressing their frustrations. York believes these lawmakers are upset about Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) being ousted as House speaker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2070434,"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-2070433","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\/2070433","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=2070433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2070434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2070433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2070433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2070433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}