Well, after this week, a conservative certainly can’t say that the establishment of the party that’s supposed to represent their interests in American politics — the Republican Party — won’t go out of their way to make sure they can’t be trusted by the base. As if Kevin McCarthy’s performance as House speaker wasn’t middling enough, there was the chorus of RINOs braying that Republicans voting to take the gavel away from him left the lower chamber in a dysfunctional state. After House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and then Rep....

The race to become the next speaker of the House of Representatives has been flooded with potential alternative candidates, following Jim Jordan's failed bid to win the support of his party on Friday. Ohio Rep. Jordan fell short of the required votes to become the next speaker after three rounds of voting throughout the week. His loss followed a heated week on Capitol Hill as he and his allies attempted to persuade fellow GOP representatives to put their weight behind him. However, his efforts were in vain when 25 of...

House Republicans on Friday removed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as their nominee for speaker of the House after he failed repeatedly to earn the necessary votes to take the gavel, again delaying the House from reopening for business. Keeping up with politics is easy with The 5-Minute Fix Newsletter, in your inbox weekdays. Jordan and his allies spent all week trying to convince Republican colleagues that he was the right person to be named speaker, calling for the conference to “unite” around the conservative firebrand favored by the Republican base...

With the House Republican Conference voting to remove Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as their speaker nominee, the floodgates have opened as members start to make calls and announce they are running for speaker of the House. At least nine Republicans so far have either announced their candidacy, have called other members about a potential bid, or are mulling whether to run. The candidate forum will be on Monday at 6 p.m., and the election process will begin Tuesday at 9 a.m., Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry (R-NC) said. He also...

Numerous House Republicans have announced a run or are considering jumping into the speaker’s race Friday following Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan’s failed candidacy. Jordan was booted out of the speaker’s race after he did not receive enough support on the House floor to secure the gavel in three votes. Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, Texas Rep. Pete Sessions, Georgia Rep. Austin Scott and Jack Bergman of Michigan have announced they’ll seek the speakership, while several others like Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana and...

WASHINGTON – As vice chair of the House Republican Conference, U.S Rep. Mike Johnson is in charge of keeping his party on message. Now the 51-year-old evangelical Christian lawyer from the north Louisiana town of Benton is weighing a bid to lead the House of Representatives as speaker. On Friday afternoon, Johnson was making calls to fellow House members to gauge support for a possible run. He had said as late as Monday that he would run for speaker if his good friend, Jim Jordan of Ohio, stepped aside. After...

House Republicans voted Friday in a secret ballot against keeping Rep. Jim Jordan as their nominee for speaker, according to multiple published reports. The Ohio congressman has been facing resistance in his bid to become speaker, with the number of fellow Republicans voting against him rising Friday to 25 in a third round of voting on the House floor, up from 22 in the prior ballot. The GOP opposition to Jordan stems from a range of concerns, including that his speakership could lead to cuts in defense ITA spending, as...

The House Republican Conference voted to move on from Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as their speaker nominee in conference after three failed votes on the floor. With each failed vote, Jordan lost more support each time. On the third ballot Friday, 25 Republicans voted against him, making it clear he had no path to the speakership. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER In a closed-door meeting on Friday, Republicans voted to abandon Jordan as their nominee. The process of selecting a new speaker will now start over...

• House GOP members appear to be split over how to move the speaker election forward as Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan’s bid has failed three times on the floor. • Some Republicans are losing hope over Jordan’s bid and others want to keep voting, they told reporters following the third failed round. • “We’re not going to get to Jordan winning. Seven say that they will never vote for him. You could be speaker in three years,” Texas Rep. Pat Fallon told reporters. “We’re at the end of the runway....