Politics Oct 19 WATCH: House convenes as temporary speaker plan fails and Jordan continues his run Refusing to give up, Rep. Jim Jordan told GOP colleagues Thursday he was still running for the House gavel — leaving Republicans few viable options after his hardline backers resisted a plan to expand the temporary speaker's powers to re-open the House.
Politics Oct 18 House Republicans explore options as Jim Jordan comes up short in 2nd speaker vote Rep. Jim Jordan has failed to win the vote to become House speaker on crucial second ballot. The GOP's next steps are uncertain as lawmakers float other options.
Politics Oct 17 WATCH: Jordan falls short in first vote for House speaker Additional voting was postponed as the House hit a standstill, stuck while Rep. Jim Jordan works to shore up support from Republican colleagues to replace the ousted Kevin McCarthy for the job.
Politics Oct 16 Jim Jordan is shoring up support and peeling off detractors ahead of a House speaker vote One by one Jordan, has been peeling off detractors who view the Ohio Republican as too extreme. A pressure campaign from Donald Trump allies including Fox News' Sean Hannity is helping to round up support.
Politics Oct 13 Republicans nominate Jim Jordan for House speaker, putting job within the Trump ally’s reach Republicans have chosen Jim Jordan as their new nominee for House speaker during internal party voting. Friday's vote puts the staunch ally of Donald Trump within reach of the speaker's gavel.
Politics Oct 13 House GOP considers Trump-backed Jim Jordan as speaker. Not all Republicans are in favor Attention has swiftly turned to Rep. Jim Jordan, the pugilistic Judiciary Committee chairman as the next potential candidate.
Politics Oct 12 GOP’s Scalise ends his bid to become House speaker after failing to secure the votes Next steps are uncertain as the House is now essentially closed while the Republican majority tries to elect a speaker after ousting Kevin McCarthy from the job.
Politics Oct 11 Republicans nominate Steve Scalise for House speaker In private balloting at the Capitol, House Republicans pushed aside Rep. Jim Jordan, the Judiciary Committee chairman, in favor of Scalise, the current majority leader, lawmakers said.
Politics Oct 11 After ousting McCarthy, House Republicans are stalemated over finding a new House speaker Two leading contenders, Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan appear to be splitting the vote.
Politics Oct 07 How $6 billion in U.S. aid to Ukraine collapsed in the deal to avoid a government shutdown The collapse of Ukraine aid in Congress was months in the making, and exactly what Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell had feared.