House members cast a second round of ballots for Speaker on Wednesday, but House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) fared no better, in fact losing support from the first vote on Tuesday.
The final Speaker vote was 199 for Jordan, 212 for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and 22 for someone else.
But speaking after the vote, Jordan was undeterred in his work to reach 217 votes and flip holdouts. “We picked up some today, a couple dropped off, but they voted for me before. I think they can come back again. So we’ll keep talking to members. Keep working on it,” he said.
It is unclear if there will be another vote on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the push to expand the power of McHenry is heating up as the fractured GOP conference struggles to see a way forward.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4262180-calls-mchenry-rise-jordan-speaker-vote-live-coverage/
TBH, I think that was in the cards. The ring linger of all of this was Rep Don Bacon, and he got found out via leaked e-mail today:
https://twitter.com/DC_Draino/status/1714034734089580934
The way he was pushing for a second vote I believe he had the votes to get Jefferies in. The "insurrection" was actually a blessing in disguise, it stopped a second vote and exposed Don Bacon for being the ring leader, along with that group No Labels.