{"id":2071084,"date":"2023-10-17T22:11:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T02:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/plan-b-gaining-ground-after-house-gop-fails-to-elect-jordan-as-speaker\/"},"modified":"2023-10-17T22:13:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T02:13:30","slug":"plan-b-gaining-ground-after-house-gop-fails-to-elect-jordan-as-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/plan-b-gaining-ground-after-house-gop-fails-to-elect-jordan-as-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Plan B gaining momentum as House GOP fails to elect Jordan as Speaker."},"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%2Fplan-b-gaining-ground-after-house-gop-fails-to-elect-jordan-as-speaker%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=2071084&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>Plan\u2063 B Gaining Ground \u2064After House GOP Fails\u200c to Elect\u2063 Jordan as Speaker<\/h2>\n<p>After the vote to\u2062 elect Rep. Jim Jordan speaker of the House came up short\u200d Tuesday, an alternative is reportedly gaining some traction of formally electing Rep. Patrick McHenry of\u200d North Carolina speaker pro tempore.<\/p>\n<p>McHenry is the designated acting speaker now, but lacks the\u2062 authority\u2064 to move legislation through the House, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2023\/10\/17\/congress\/mchenry-backers-gain-traction-00122037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McHenry presided\u2062 over \u2064the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-house-fails-elect-speaker-20-republicans-vote-jim-jordan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vote for speaker<\/a> \u200b on Tuesday, which resulted in \u2062House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries receiving 212 votes, Jordan,\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/Votes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">200 votes<\/a>; and others, including former House \u200dSpeaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-mccarthy-ousted-scalise-rejected-next-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin \u2063McCarthy<\/a> and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, a combined 20 votes.<\/p>\n<p>A speaker must receive a majority of the voting members present, which was 217.<\/p>\n<p>So Jordan needed to pick up an additional 17 \u200bvotes \u200bto win.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) \u2064fails to\u200b win \u2063the \u2062Speakership \u2062on the \u200dfirst ballot.<\/p>\n<p>20 Republicans voted for other\u2063 candidates while all 212 Democrats supported\u2062 Rep. Hakeem Jeffries\u200d (D-NY), making the \u200dHouse Minority \u2064Leader the top vote-getter. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pi3xjMoZje\">pic.twitter.com\/Pi3xjMoZje<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2062 The Recount \u2062(@therecount) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1714340147414601891?\">October 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A \u200bsecond vote is\u200c scheduled for Wednesday at 11 a.m. Eastern Time, according \u2064to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/4259954-house-speaker-jim-jordan-vote-live-coverage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Politico\u200c reported, \u201cCentrist \u2064Republicans\u2063 and Democrats are\u200c once again backchanneling \u2064about a possible vote to strengthen McHenry\u2019s abilities to bring legislation to the floor\u2063 \u2014 particularly spending bills, given a Nov.\u200c 17 funding deadline \u2014\u200b amid the weeks-long impasse in selecting a speaker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re pushing a short-term \u2062measure\u200b that would grant McHenry added powers and \u200ccould pass the House by majority vote,\u200c though they have not coalesced\u200c around specific language,\u201d the news outlet added.<\/p>\n<p>GOP Rep. Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania who voted against Jordan becoming \u2064speaker, introduced a resolution\u200d to \u200bformally elect McHenry speaker pro tempore.<\/p>\n<p>In a Monday\u200d letter to his GOP House\u2062 colleagues, he wrote, \u201cBy formally electing him, we as a body give him the power\u2064 to move legislation to\u2063 the floor for consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under the resolution \u2064he would serve until no longer than Nov. 17, 2023, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mccarthy-says-doesnt-want-part-republican-team-passing-continuing-resolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deadline to \u2064fund the\u200c government<\/a>, or until a new speaker is elected, whichever is earlier.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEWS: Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) with a new resolution pushing for Rep. McHenry to\u2063 be elected (vs. designated) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/patrick-mchenry-makes-first-move-as-speaker-by-booting-pelosi-from-hideaway\/\" title=\"Patrick McHenry ousts Pelosi from her hideaway, marking his first move as speaker.\">speaker pro\u200c tempore<\/a> to have extended powers while\u2063 in the role \u2063and \u200cas House\u2062 Rs \u2062work \u2063to elect their next speaker\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FbPZcnTkYW\">pic.twitter.com\/FbPZcnTkYW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Olivia Beavers (@Olivia_Beavers) \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Olivia_Beavers\/status\/1714060746856788035?\">October \u206316, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gaetz-hakeem-jeffries-not-really-charge-democrats-just-frontman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> indicated \u200bthat he has a favorable view of \u200dMcHenry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur focus right now relates not just to any one individual,\u2062 but to getting the\u200d institution reopened. I have respect for Patrick McHenry.\u2064 I think he\u2063 is\u200c respected on our side of\u2064 the aisle,\u201d Jeffries <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2023\/10\/17\/congress\/mchenry-backers-gain-traction-00122037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cThere \u200care a whole host of \u200cother Republicans who \u200dare respected on all sides of the aisle. Jim Jordan is not one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In theory, Democrats \u200bcould side with a handful of centrist Republicans to elect \u2062McHenry speaker pro tempore, in the \u200bsame way they voted with Rep. Matt Gaetz of\u2064 Florida and\u2064 the other seven GOP House\u2064 members to oust McCarthy.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">.author_subscription_pitch\u200d p{margin:5px;}<\/p>\n<p><em><b>An Urgent Note from Our Staff:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Western Journal has been labeled \u201cdangerous\u201d simply \u2064because we have a \u2063biblical worldview and speak \u200bthe truth about what is happening in America.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We \u2062refuse to let Big Tech \u200dand\u2062 woke advertisers dictate the content we share with our community. We stand for \u2062truth. We stand for freedom. 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Here are a few:<\/p>\n<p>Benefits:<\/p>\n<p>1. Increased representation: Exploring alternative \u2063options \u200bcould potentially lead to a higher\u2064 number of \u200bRepublican representatives in the House, resulting in a better representation of conservative \u2062viewpoints and policies.<\/p>\n<p>2. Balance of power: By expanding Republican representation, it could create a \u2062more balanced political landscape in\u2064 the House, promoting greater debate, compromise, \u200dand checks and balances.<\/p>\n<p>3. Policy influence: With more \u200bRepublicans \u2063in the House, their party&#8217;s policy positions may gain more influence, potentially leading to the advancement of conservative policies and \u2064agendas.<\/p>\n<p>4. Enhanced diversity: Exploring alternative options might encourage the recruitment\u200b of a more diverse\u200b range of candidates, therefore bringing in fresh perspectives and\u200d experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Drawbacks:<\/p>\n<p>1. Gerrymandering concerns: Exploring alternative options could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/plan-b-gaining-ground-after-house-gop-fails-to-elect-jordan-as-speaker\/\" title=\"Plan B gaining momentum as House GOP fails to elect Jordan as Speaker.\">potentially involve redrawing district boundaries<\/a> to favor Republicans, which might be seen as a form of gerrymandering. \u200dThis could result in an unfair\u2062 advantage and undermine the democratic process.<\/p>\n<p>2. Weakening representation: If\u2062 the\u200c focus is\u200d solely on expanding Republican presence, it could mean minimizing the representation of other political ideologies or minority groups, leading\u200c to a \u2064less diverse and\u2063 inclusive House.<\/p>\n<p>3. \u2064Polarization: Concentrating \u2063efforts on expanding Republican representation could\u200d further deepen the\u200d partisan divide in the House, making\u200b it more difficult \u200cto find common ground and achieve bipartisan solutions.<\/p>\n<p>4. Diminished trust: The exploration of alternative options might be met with\u2062 skepticism or criticism from those who see it\u200b as an attempt to manipulate the system for political gain,\u200b thus eroding public trust in the electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>It is essential to consider both the benefits and drawbacks of any alternatives to expanding \u2063representation \u2062to ensure a fair and balanced approach that upholds democratic principles.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Jim Jordan fell short in the vote for House speaker. An alternative gaining traction is electing Rep. Patrick McHenry as speaker pro tempore. 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