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- Gaetz, who led McCarthy rebellion, offers "pound of flesh" if holdouts back Jordan
- Jordan says "there were all kinds of problems with the 2020 election"
- Senate adjourns for the day and will return Wednesday for Electoral College certification
- Jordan meeting with GOP holdouts
- Next House speaker vote scheduled for 10 a.m. tomorrow as bid to empower McHenry fails
Lesko also said she had "real doubts" about a proposed resolution to expand the powers of interim Speaker Patrick McHenry. Several House Republicans said earlier that Jordan backed the proposal to empower McHenry until January as the speaker designee worked to shore up support for his own bid. Lesko, who announced earlier this week that she is retiring at the end of this Congress, said there was "a lot of tension between the members" at the closed-door meeting of the House GOP conference earlier today. Meanwhile, one of the Republicans who voted against Jordan told members during a closed-door meeting today that they had to have a law enforcement officer stationed at their daughter’s school because of threats this member has been getting.
Gaetz, who led McCarthy rebellion, offers "pound of flesh" if holdouts back Jordan
More than seven years later, he is the party’s nominee for speaker after leading the Republican Party to a slim majority in the November midterm elections. He secured the support of most of the conference during a closed-door leadership vote shortly after and overcame a challenge from Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.). Mr. Jordan said he would keep fighting to secure the majority of votes he needs to become speaker, and spent much of Wednesday afternoon meeting with some of the holdouts. But it was clear after the second ballot that there was no immediate end in sight to the stalemate that has left the House leaderless and in turmoil after two weeks of Republican infighting. Over the recess, Johnson appeared to be trying to quell conservative opposition by highlighting his support for causes and positions that motivate the GOP base.
Jordan says "there were all kinds of problems with the 2020 election"
Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida is mounting a bid, according to a source familiar with his plans. Rep. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma told reporters, "I'm in," and added, "We've got to make a lot of phone calls this weekend." Rep. Ken Buck, one of the leading anti-Jordan members, supported Emmer as speaker, voting for him in each of the three rounds of voting when Scalise was the nominee. Deeply reported insights into legislation, politics and policy from Sacramento, Washington and beyond.
Senate adjourns for the day and will return Wednesday for Electoral College certification
Twenty Republicans voted for alternatives to Jordan on Tuesday, and he must pick up most of those to reach the 217 majority threshold. Kevin McCarthy — who was ousted as House speaker earlier this month — has been counseling Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan on strategy for his own speakership bid, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation. The vote has not yet been scheduled, but Jordan’s team has vowed to force another floor vote today. After Jordan secured his party’s speaker nomination, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy urged the conference to rally around Jordan, according to multiple lawmakers in the room. It’s not the first time that the speakership scramble has exposed fault lines in the upper ranks of House GOP leadership.
McCarthy nominates Jordan ahead of third round of voting
GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia said that Johnson “betrayed” Republican voters following passage of the foreign aid and has threatened to call a vote on his ouster if he doesn’t resign. The House's move followed a vote of 9-3 in the Rules Committee late Thursday to send the bills to the floor for a final vote, with Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., Chip Roy, R-Texas, and Ralph Norman, R-S.C., breaking with Johnson to vote against it. But all four Democrats on the committee voted for the rule and rescued it, an extremely unusual move for the minority party. "The world is watching what the Congress does. Passing this legislation would send a powerful message about the strength of American leadership at a pivotal moment," the White House budget office said in a statement Friday endorsing the House package. "The Administration urges both chambers of the Congress to quickly send this supplemental funding package to the President’s desk." Mark Z. Barabak is a political columnist for the Los Angeles Times, focusing on California and the West.
Jim Jordan snags more Texas support in troubled bid for House Speaker - The Texas Tribune
Jim Jordan snags more Texas support in troubled bid for House Speaker.
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But it demonstrated that McCarthy has yet to convince all his party’s members. The Bakersfield congressman’s ideological flexibility, fundraising prowess and management of Donald Trump have helped him hold House Republicans together as they head into the midterm elections. The Florida governor developed a network of wealthy donors to back his presidential run, moneyed supporters Trump needs to woo if he hopes to catch up to the fundraising of Joe Biden, the Democratic incumbent seeking a second term in the presidency. The meeting in Hollywood, Florida, was first reported by the Washington Post. Steve Witkoff, a Trump ally, New York and Florida real estate developer, and donor who testified at the former president’s civil fraud trial in New York, reportedly brokered the meeting.
Jordan meeting with GOP holdouts
That's what he told reporters when asked about a report that McCarthy yelled at him during the House GOP Conference meeting. "So now because of this ugly process, what has this party done? It has enabled the Democrats to determine the way forward, in part, because if all 212 Democrats vote for this resolution, it will pass. If all of them oppose it, it will fail," Fallon said. "I oppose the resolution for a very simple reason. We were elected by three quarters of a million people, each and every one of us to lead, not kick the can down the road," Fallon said. "So far I’ve had four death threats. I’ve been evicted from my office in Colorado -- I have notice of an eviction -- because the landlord is mad with my voting record on the speaker issue," he said. Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., told reporters upon exiting that he is not changing his mind on opposing Jordan as speaker.
Joe Biden and Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador pledged to search for new ways to decrease border crossings by undocumented migrants, as the US president faces pressure to crack down on the issue of immigration ahead of the November elections. Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker of the House who visited the Columbia University campus last week, reiterated his threat to revoke visas from foreign students involved in protests, and cut funding to universities that do not protect Jewish students. Representative Nancy Pelosi (CA-12) was re-elected Speaker and will preside over the chamber for the next two years. Representative Steny Hoyer (MD-5) was elected Majority Leader, and Representative Kevin McCarthy (CA-22) was elected Minority Leader. The lawmakers would normally be able to vote by proxy but the rules in the new Congress must first be passed in order to re-establish that procedure.
Greene leaves them guessing on threat to oust Speaker Johnson
The House can elect a new speaker at any time if the person occupying that role dies, resigns or is removed from office. Barring that, a speaker is normally elected at the start of a new Congress. Republican U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy is set to face a case of deja vu come Tuesday. The political future of the 57-year-old will once again be at stake as GOP lawmakers decide whether he should be elected as House speaker. Hours before a floor vote, one of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s most loyal supporters threw his support behind Jordan after days of hesitation.
The candidate to become speaker needs a majority of the votes from House members who are present and voting. It’s a journey the lawmaker from Bakersfield took once before in 2015, fruitlessly, facing the same opposition from the right flank of the party he is expected to meet this week. His first speakership run came when then-House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) resigned after an internal party battle with members of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus. But with public pressure bearing down on lawmakers from Trump’s allies including conservative TV hosts, it’s unclear how long the holdouts can last. The House is scheduled to start voting at noon in what could become a showdown for the gavel. At least a handful of holdout Republicans are refusing to give Jordan their votes, viewing the Ohio Republican as too extreme to be second in line to the presidency.
There is now a secret ballot underway in the Republican Conference's meeting about whether Jordan should drop his bid to be the next House speaker, according to two lawmakers in the room. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Jordan confirmed the party chose to head in a different direction. "My hat is in the ring, and I feel confident I can win the votes where others could not. I have no special interests to serve; I'm only in this to do what's best for our Nation and to steady the ship for the 118th Congress," he said in a statement. A bipartisan committee, usually consisting of members from the home state of the chosen candidate, will then escort the speaker-elect to the chair on the dais where the oath of office is administered. The oath is identical to the one new members will take once a speaker is chosen.
Lawmakers had failed to act despite efforts to protect children online, safeguard users’ privacy and make companies more liable for content posted on their platforms, among other measures. But the TikTok ban reflects widespread concerns from lawmakers about China. TikTok has lobbied hard against the legislation, pushing the app’s 170 million U.S. users — many of whom are young — to call Congress and voice opposition. But the ferocity of the pushback angered lawmakers on Capitol Hill, where there is broad concern about Chinese threats to the U.S. and where few members use the platform themselves. The company has indicated that it would likely go to court to try to block the law if it passes, arguing it would deprive the app’s millions of users of their 1st Amendment rights. California recently dedicated $70 million in federal funding toward affordable internet service, devices and training.
The House’s overwhelming vote to ban TikTok unless it is freed from Chinese control suggests that a ban might be coming soon. Since learning that the program would end, Aleman said she has been applying for jobs to help her husband cover bills. In May, her husband will pay the internet bill, possibly with credit cards. Letting the program lapse, even if it could be restarted later, would require additional spending on outreach and re-enrollment, Carbajal said.
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