The House is set to gavel in to elect a new speaker Tuesday as the Republican nominee, Rep. Jim Jordan, tried to convince GOP holdouts to save his bid for the gavel.
Mr. Jordan, 59, a conservative firebrand and chairman of the Judiciary Committee, hoped to win on the first round of voting slated for early afternoon, but he appeared to lack enough support from his party.But at least half a dozen GOP lawmakers said they plan to vote for ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who was ousted on Oct. 3, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, who was nominated last week but quit the race when he could not round up the backing of enough Republicans, or somebody else.
“I will not partake in this despicable coup,” Mr. Giminez said Monday. “Speaker McCarthy should have never been removed to begin with.” Some Republicans have warned they’ll only back Mr. Jordan on the first ballot and if he does not win then, they’ll drop their support.
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