Why is Jim Jordan unable to get the votes needed to become the House Speaker? Diaz Balart’s frustrations with Scalise and Jordan

Rep. Jim Jordan, the House GOP’s nominee to serve as the next speaker continues to struggle to get the votes to be elected by the full House, heading into a second vote on Wednesday.

Jordan told the reporter ahead of the vote that they were trying to get the gavel, but multiple GOP members seemed to believe his effort had lost steam.

It was like Yogi Berra used to say, “Deja vu all over again” after Jordan failed to get the votes on the floor. He suggested that “probably about half” of that group could flip and support Jordan. Some others could emerge as alternative candidates, such as Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., the current head of the Republican Study Committee.

Florida Republican Rep. Mario Diaz Balart voted for Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., who was forced to withdraw his name for speaker after he won the internal vote but failed to lock in enough votes to win on the House floor. Diaz-Balart told reporters he remains opposed to Jordan. “I think it gets more and more difficult for him every day.”

The same majority vote as electing a Speaker would be needed for a House vote to empower McHenry. That would almost certainly require votes from Democrats. Some Democrats want assurances that votes on bills that are bipartisan will be allowed.

Towards a resolution to temporarily empower the House Minority Leader of the House of Representatives to the House from Nov. 17 to Jan. 17

“I got 90% of vote yesterday, got a huge cross section of our conference from the conservatives to people in the middle to more liberal members and so I think that’s the best route,” he told reporters shortly before Wednesday’s vote. So you know what? People are talking about this resolution. I told them to ask the question.

But the details of the resolution were unclear. The House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told reporters that he was open to discussions with Republicans who were interested in governing.

Republicans are debating a plan to vote on a resolution that would allow McHenry to bring legislation to the floor until January. Members have not yet agreed on the details but supports of the plan hope McHenry could over see votes on spending bills or a short-term funding measure to avoid a government shutdown. Current government funding expires on Nov. 17.

While Jordan has thrown his support behind the general idea of temporarily empowering McHenry, a number of his supporters have voiced strong opposition. The measure would need a lot of support from the Democrats to pass.

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Banks told reporters it’s the biggest insult he’s ever seen for Republican voters. If we go with it, it will be a betrayal to our Republican voters. It’s a big mistake.

“Generally speaking, I think it’s important to get our agenda back on track. It’s clear that we don’t have a winner in the speaker race. so I think we need to find a temporary way to move our agenda forward,” he told reporters.