Opposition to Jordan grows despite lobbying push and pressure campaign, GOP members say
From CNN's Manu Raju
Rep. Jim Jordan speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday. Leah Millis/Reuters
Opposition to Rep. Jim Jordan continues to grow within the Republican Party despite his efforts to flip holdouts over the last couple of days, according to multiple GOP members who oppose his nomination.
Jordan lost 22 votes on the second ballot Thursday, and one Republican predicted he could lose around 29 votes as the House expects to hold a third ballot Friday morning.
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Jordan will hold a news conference this morning
From CNN's Kirstin Wilson
Rep. Jim Jordan will hold a news conference Friday morning in the Capitol ahead of the speaker vote.
Jordan spent Thursday meeting with various holdouts in his bid for the gavel following a three-hour-long conference meeting.
About the meeting: The closed-door House GOP conference meeting on Thursday turned heated, multiple sources told CNN. Some members encouraged Jordan to drop out of the race. There was also an emotional discussion over the threats some Jordan holdouts are facing. Later, members leaving the meeting described it as an airing of grievances with tensions running high.
The House remains effectively frozen as long as there is no elected speaker – a perilous situation as Congress faces an impending government funding deadline and the threat of a shutdown.
CNN's Clare Foran, Melanie Zanona, Haley Talbot and Annie Grayer contributed reporting to this post.
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Jim Jordan presses ahead with House speaker fight
From CNN's Clare Foran, Melanie Zanona, Haley Talbot and Annie Grayer
Rep Jim Jordan delivers remarks during a House Oversight Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on September 28. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
The House is gearing up for another showdown on the floor Friday with a third speaker vote expected, the latest sign that Jim Jordan is not backing down even though he lacks the 217 votes needed to secure the speakership. There have been two failed votes so far.
As the Ohio Republican works to inject some life back into his flailing speakership bid, three sources told CNN he has made some progress with a small bloc of holdouts: New York Republicans.
If Jordan does win them over, that would still not be nearly enough to secure the speakership, given that 22 Republicans voted against him on the second ballot and more are expected to oppose him on the third ballot. But Jordan is hoping to show some sign of progress ahead of the next vote planned for Friday.
These are the Republicans who voted against Jim Jordan for House speaker in the first and second ballots
From CNN's Clare Foran, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson
Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio has so far failed to clinch the House speakership in two rounds of voting.
On Tuesday, 20 Republicans voted against his candidacy – far more than the handful he could afford to lose given the party’s narrow majority in Congress. The congressman fared worse in a Wednesday vote, with 22 Republicans voting against him. There were four new Republican votes against Jordan and two that flipped into his column.
Jordan – or any other GOP speaker candidate – can only afford to lose four Republican votes if all members are present and voting on the floor. A speaker needs a majority of the full House to be elected.
Don Bacon of Nebraska voted for former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon voted for McCarthy
Anthony D’Esposito of New York voted for former Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York
Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida voted for Steve Scalise of Louisiana
Jake Ellzey of Texas voted for Mike Garcia of California
Andrew Garbarino of New York voted for Zeldin
Carlos Gimenez of Florida voted for McCarthy
Tony Gonzales of Texas voted for Scalise
Kay Granger of Texas voted for Scalise
Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania voted for Scalise
Jennifer Kiggans of Virginia voted for McCarthy
Nick LaLota of New York voted for Zeldin
Mike Lawler of New York voted for McCarthy
John Rutherford of Florida voted for Scalise
Mike Simpson of Idaho voted for Scalise
Steve Womack of Arkansas voted for Scalise
Ken Buck of Colorado voted for Tom Emmer of Minnesota
John James of Michigan voted for Tom Cole of Oklahoma
Doug LaMalfa of California voted for McCarthy
Victoria Spartz of Indiana voted for Thomas Massie of Kentucky
Second ballot
Bacon voted for McCarthy
Vern Buchanan of Florida voted for Byron Donalds of Florida
Buck voted for Emmer
Chavez-DeRemer voted for McCarthy
D’Esposito voted for Zeldin
Diaz-Balart voted for Scalise
Ellzey voted for Garcia
Drew Ferguson of Georgia voted for Scalise
Garbarino voted for Zeldin
Gimenez voted for McCarthy
Gonzales voted for Scalise
Granger voted for Scalise
James voted for Candice Miller of Michigan
Kelly voted for former House Speaker John Boehner
Kiggans voted for McCarthy
Lawler voted for McCarthy
LaLota voted for Zeldin
Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa voted for Granger
Rutherford voted for Scalise
Simpson voted for Scalise
Pete Stauber of Minnesota voted for Bruce Westerman of Arkansas
Womack voted for Scalise
Jordan presses on: Rep. Jim Jordan is holding a news conference this morning ahead of an expected House speaker vote. The Ohio Republican has vowed to stay in the race for the speaker's gavel despite steep resistance and losing two votes earlier this week. Jordan met yesterday with some holdouts who have opposed his bid — but several emerged from the meeting saying they still aren't voting for him.
Interim option scrapped: After a conference meeting Thursday, House Republicans said a resolution to temporarily expand the powers of interim Speaker Patrick McHenry had been scrapped and that they will instead go forward with more floor votes for Jordan.
What's at stake: The House, which has been without a speaker for more than two weeks after Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster, remains effectively frozen — a dire situation as Congress faces a government funding deadline in November and as crisis unfolds abroad in Ukraine and with Israel’s war against Hamas.
Rep. Jim Jordan speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday. Leah Millis/Reuters
Opposition to Rep. Jim Jordan continues to grow within the Republican Party despite his efforts to flip holdouts over the last couple of days, according to multiple GOP members who oppose his nomination.
Jordan lost 22 votes on the second ballot Thursday, and one Republican predicted he could lose around 29 votes as the House expects to hold a third ballot Friday morning.
Rep. Jim Jordan will hold a news conference Friday morning in the Capitol ahead of the speaker vote.
Jordan spent Thursday meeting with various holdouts in his bid for the gavel following a three-hour-long conference meeting.
About the meeting: The closed-door House GOP conference meeting on Thursday turned heated, multiple sources told CNN. Some members encouraged Jordan to drop out of the race. There was also an emotional discussion over the threats some Jordan holdouts are facing. Later, members leaving the meeting described it as an airing of grievances with tensions running high.
The House remains effectively frozen as long as there is no elected speaker – a perilous situation as Congress faces an impending government funding deadline and the threat of a shutdown.
CNN's Clare Foran, Melanie Zanona, Haley Talbot and Annie Grayer contributed reporting to this post.
Rep Jim Jordan delivers remarks during a House Oversight Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on September 28. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
The House is gearing up for another showdown on the floor Friday with a third speaker vote expected, the latest sign that Jim Jordan is not backing down even though he lacks the 217 votes needed to secure the speakership. There have been two failed votes so far.
As the Ohio Republican works to inject some life back into his flailing speakership bid, three sources told CNN he has made some progress with a small bloc of holdouts: New York Republicans.
If Jordan does win them over, that would still not be nearly enough to secure the speakership, given that 22 Republicans voted against him on the second ballot and more are expected to oppose him on the third ballot. But Jordan is hoping to show some sign of progress ahead of the next vote planned for Friday.
Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio has so far failed to clinch the House speakership in two rounds of voting.
On Tuesday, 20 Republicans voted against his candidacy – far more than the handful he could afford to lose given the party’s narrow majority in Congress. The congressman fared worse in a Wednesday vote, with 22 Republicans voting against him. There were four new Republican votes against Jordan and two that flipped into his column.
Jordan – or any other GOP speaker candidate – can only afford to lose four Republican votes if all members are present and voting on the floor. A speaker needs a majority of the full House to be elected.
