House to vote on electing conservative hardliner Jim Jordan as speaker - US politics live

Jordan needs 217 votes - near unanimity - from Republicans to become House speaker House to vote on speaker as Jim Jordan hopes he has Republican support to win Who is Jim Jordan? The hard-right House speaker contender dogged by scandal For an example of that dynamic, look at who's excited about calling Jim Jordan speaker. Matt Gaetz, yes that Matt Gaetz, the one who filed the motion to vacate that resulted in Kevin McCarthy being booted from office over the objections of all Republicans except ...