Republican infighting has left the House without a speaker for more than two weeks.
Rep. Jim Jordan speaks with Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House members gather for another round of voting on the next speaker Wednesday. to win enough Republican support to become the next speaker of the House — prompting increasing calls from both parties to, had said he would continue trying to win over the 20 colleagues who had opposed him. In the only round of balloting on Wednesday, however, he lost support overall, ending up with 199 votes.
Rep. Don Bacon said his wife had received anonymous texts and voice mails urging her to persuade her husband to support Jordan. Bacon has been adamant that he would not vote for Jordan as speaker. and sending aid to Israel and Ukraine. Such a resolution is consistent with past precedent: Twice the House has voted to temporarily expand the powers of the speaker pro tempore, in 1998 and 1918.Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Tuesday that there was growing “momentum” in his caucus to pursue this option, and several Democrats have stressed that the House cannot afford to remain immobilized.
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