WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 09: U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) speaks during a hearing before the Government Operations Subcommittee of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee July 9, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The subcommittee held a hearing on "Examining Solutions to Close the $106 Billion Improper Payment Gap." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
On Thursday morning, Rep. Jim Jordan(R-Ohio) announced that he would not seek a third vote for speaker after losing the first two votes.
He instead backed a plan to empower temporary speaker Patrick McHenry (R-North Carolina) to conduct the House’s business until January 3.
After a fierce backlash from House conservatives, Jordan reversed himself on Thursday afternoon and said he would force a third vote despite having little prospect of winning.
Jordan lost his first bid after 20 Republicans voted against him, leaving a cloud of uncertainty about who would be the next speaker.
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The second vote was originally scheduled for Tuesday but was postponed to Wednesday, Jordan lost that vote by an even greater margin.
The expansion of McHenry’s role as a temporary speaker would be put into place only as a way for Republicans to discuss a plan to find a new speaker.
Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R- Florida) told reporters that the momentum for McHenry has snowballed.
“If it’s gonna take us a while to get to a speaker, then yeah, we need to give Patrick McHenry some of those powers and allow the House to conduct its business. We don’t want a government shutdown,” he said.
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Florida) said he was open to considering necessary steps to keep the House running.
“We should, at least in the meantime, look for a way to move our agenda forward. That’s a very prudent, smart move,” Diaz-Balart said.
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