Tagged: House Speaker
Interim speaker Patrick McHenry threatens to quit.
Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry (R-N.C) threatened to quit if Republicans push him to try to move legislation on the floor without…
Jordan condemns threats made against lawmakers who oppose him for speaker.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is condemning death threats made on his behalf against Republican lawmakers who oppose his bid for speaker. “No…
Jim Jordan will lose more votes on third speaker ballot, Republicans predict.
Some Republican lawmakers are predicting that speaker candidate Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) will lose more votes on the third ballot scheduled for…
GOP lawmaker says she received “credible death threats” after voting against Jim Jordan for speaker.
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) said she notified authorities about the “credible death threats” she has been receiving after voting against Rep. Jim…
These 22 Republicans voted against Jim Jordan on the second ballot for speaker.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) suffered another embarrassing defeat in his bid for the House speakership on Wednesday as 22 Republicans voted against…
Romney: Jim Jordan is in Washington to “bark” and “make noise, not to make laws”
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) criticized Rep. Jim Jordan’s nonexistent legislative record on Tuesday, saying the Ohio lawmaker is more focused on making…
Republican admits that the pressure campaign to get holdouts to vote for Jordan backfired.
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) admitted on Tuesday that the pressure campaign by some of Rep. Jim Jordan’s allies to get holdouts to…
House Republicans reject Jim Jordan for speaker on the first ballot.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) failed to secure the 217 votes needed to be elected speaker on the first…
House vote for Speaker set for Tuesday.
The House is set to vote for a new Speaker Tuesday, according to House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.). The House has been without…
Former police officer injured on Jan. 6 calls Jim Jordan an ‘insurrectionist’ ahead of Speaker vote.
Former Washington, D.C., Police Officer Michael Fanone, who sustained injuries while defending the Capitol on Jan. 6, called Rep. Jim Jordan an “insurrectionist”…