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WASHINGTON — Rep. Clay Higgins of Lafayette mused about the late Thursday withdrawal of Steve Scalise from the House speaker’s race during his Friday morning walkie-talkie posted on the X social media site. He said on the platform once known as Twitter that he would now support “his friend” Jim Jordan of Ohio, the conservative crusader and Donald Trump acolyte. Jordan, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, is the co-founder of the über-conservative Freedom Caucus, which counts Higgins as its only Louisiana member. Jordan has repeatedly challenged GOP leadership for...

Just read this on Raw Story: GOPers 'need to hit rock bottom': Dem says talks on compromise speaker deal are happening The Democrat making that statement is Rep. Annie Kuster (D-NH) who said that on Friday said discussions between Democrats and Republicans regarding a potential compromise for House speaker are “quietly happening,” according to The Messenger reporter Stephen Neukam. I touched on the potential for compromise in a diary yesterday and am happy to be able to present a more positive take on it today. The Raw Story article also...

This will be week the House elects Jim Jordan as Speaker, Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) told Breitbart News Saturday on SiriusXM. “It’s been an important evolution within the Republican Conference,” Bishop told host Matt Boyle. “Jim Jordan receiving the nomination of the Republican Party is an important breakthrough.” “It has been apparent to me for some time, and I think it is slowly resolving into clarity for everybody that Jim Jordan of Ohio — everybody knows him across the country, been a tremendous warrior for conservative causes — he is...

Following the announcement that Representative Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, was chosen on Friday as the new nominee for House speaker, former Representative Adam Kinzinger shared his reaction to it on Friday. House Republicans met Wednesday in hopes of agreeing on which person to vote for to replace California Representative Kevin McCarthy, who drew conservative revolt after working with Democrats on a short-term spending bill to avert a government shutdown. The House voted to remove McCarthy after Representative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, introduced a motion to vacate.

Representative Jim Jordan has been criticized by some for being ineffective at passing legislation in Congress after he was nominated as the House Republicans' choice for speaker on Friday. The Ohio congressman is the second nominee that the GOP has put forward, after Representative Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, withdrew his nomination this week. The House speakership role has been vacant since October 3 when Representative Kevin McCarthy of California was ousted in a 216-210 vote after Representative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, introduced a motion to vacate.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Friday reiterated the need for bipartisanship amid the race for Speaker — but suggested the Republicans’ most recent choice wasn’t the answer. House Republicans delivered Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) the second GOP nomination for the leadership role on Friday — a day after first choice and Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) withdrew from the race. “House Republicans have selected as their nominee to be the Speaker of the people’s House the chairman of the chaos caucus,” Jeffries told reporters following the vote,...

WASHINGTON -- Republicans chose Rep. Jim Jordan as their new nominee for House speaker during internal voting Friday, putting the gavel within reach of the staunch ally of GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump. Electing Jordan, a founding member of the Freedom Caucus, to the powerful position second in line to the presidency would move the GOP's far right into a central seat of U.S. power. A groundswell of high-profile backers including Fox News' Sean Hannity publicly pressured lawmakers to vote Jordan into the speaker's office after the stunning ouster of...

Jim Jordan has been selected as the new Republican speaker nominee. On Friday, House Republicans voted to make Jordan their new party leader and nominee for House speaker, selecting him over opponent Austin Scott of Georgia, according to reports from both NBC News and The Hill. The recent vote follows Rep. and Majority Leader Steve Scalise's withdrawal from the nomination process on Thursday evening. The election for a new speaker of the House comes after the historic outing of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Oct. 3. Jordan, who currently serves...

WASHINGTON — Democrats are standing firm in their refusal to bail out the House Republican majority as it struggles to elect a new speaker 10 days after after booting Rep. Kevin McCarthy. They're also dialing up the rhetoric against the GOP’s new nominee for speaker, prominent Donald Trump ally Jim Jordan of Ohio, blasting him as an insurrectionist, election denier and extremist. “House Republicans have selected as their nominee to be the speaker of the people’s House the chairman of the chaos caucus, a defender in a dangerous way of...