Jim Jordan

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Van Drew Aligns Himself with Jordan - in Support of McCarthy ... (InsiderNJ)

Apparently somewhat irritated with the Jim Jordan wing of the party, U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-2) gave a statement along with his vote.

Jeff Van Drew (R-2) gave a statement along with his vote as Rep. Apparently somewhat irritated with the Jim Jordan wing of the party, U.S.

Jim Jordan nominated for speaker by conservative hardliners amid ... (CNN)

Jordan, in an effort to show party unity, nominated GOP leader Kevin McCarthy in the second round of voting. Speaking on the House floor Tuesday, Jordan said ...

He vacated that position to become the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, where he is He was the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee from 2019 to 2020. Leaving the floor, Jordan told CNN there is “no” chance he will become speaker, adding he wants to be House Judiciary chairman. The first order of House business as the 118th Congress convenes is the selection of a new speaker, but McCarthy is being stonewalled by a group of conservative hardliners. Jordan, in an effort to show party unity, nominated GOP leader Kevin McCarthy in the second round of voting. He earned 202 votes on the third ballot.

Ohio's Jim Jordan nominated to be Speaker of the House (cleveland.com)

Florida's Matt Gaetz nominated Jordan as Speaker after Jordan delivered a speech to support California's Kevin McCarthy.

“Our conference needs to recess and huddle and find someone or work out the next steps, but these continuous votes aren’t working for anyone,” said Donalds. “Maybe Jim Jordan is the right person for Speaker of the House because he is not beholden to the lobbyists and special interests who have corrupted this place and corrupted this nation under the leadership of both Republicans and Democrats.” He said that no Congress member currently has the 218 votes needed to secure the job. “But we do not have the tools or the leadership yet to stop the swamp from rolling over the American people. “Maybe the right person for the job of Speaker of the House isn’t someone who wants it so bad,” said Florida Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, was nominated Tuesday to serve as the next Speaker of the U.S.

Jim Jordan is exactly right on re-nominating Kevin McCarthy for ... (New York Post)

Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan got it exactly right in his speech re-nominating Kevin McCarthy for Speaker of the House ahead of the second ballot Tuesday afternoon.

Not for the voters. Not for the country. Jordan took the high road; the saboteurs refused to join him.

Hardliner Jim Jordan emerges as a Republican alternative for U.S. ... (Reuters)

For much of the last 16 years Republican Jim Jordan's combative, in-your-face style of politics made the former college wrestler a constant source of ...

But it also would have granted a path to citizenship for immigrants living in the United States illegally for years and had committed no serious crimes. He turned out to be right in an embarrassment to Boehner. In 2011, with a newly installed Republican majority in the House, Jordan made President Barack Obama's life miserable by demanding deep budget cuts opposed by Democrats. Jordan ignored pleas, including from the U.S. Twenty Republicans voted for Jordan - fewer than a tenth of those backing McCarthy, but enough to stop his progress. Senate for the next two years.

Matt Gaetz nominates Jim Jordan as alternate choice for House ... (Florida Politics)

But Jordan nominated Kevin McCarthy. U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz nominated a close ally, U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, for Speaker of the House. The Panhandle Republican ...

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries went for Jordan. Unlike on the first vote, all votes that did not go for McCarthy or Democratic nominee U.S. It has appeared [unlikely](https://floridapolitics.com/archives/558112-report-no-sex-trafficking-charges-likely-against-matt-gaetz/) recently that the investigation will ever lead to charges. It also did not include Jordan, who supported McCarthy. Notably, that total did not include Gaetz, who supported U.S.

Jordan says no chance he'll be Speaker despite peeling off ... (The Hill)

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Tuesday said there was no chance that he would become House Speaker after lawmakers adjourned without electing a new leader, ...

[had teased that they had a candidate waiting in the wings](https://thehill.com/homenews/3795474-gop-lawmaker-teases-true-conservative-alternative-to-mccarthy-ahead-of-speaker-vote/) to throw their support behind. McCarthy and the group of his defectors had spent the week negotiating a deal to secure him the gavel. [The idea was met with skepticism by other Republicans](https://thehill.com/homenews/3796476-house-republican-calls-conservatives-opposing-mccarthy-childish/). But the Ohio Republican, who offered the nominating speech for McCarthy before the second round of voting, continued to support McCarthy. After the first round of voting, the opposition support for McCarthy was divided among Jordan, Rep. But 19 of the McCarthy detractors switched their support to Jordan in the second ballot and even picked up a 20th vote in the third round for Jordan.