House Republicans Nominate Jordan for Speaker After Scalise Withdrawal
House Republicans nominated House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio as their pick for speaker after a contentious 124-81 vote that pitted him against Agriculture Committee Vice Chairman Austin Scott of Georgia. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana,…
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a former Communications Subcommittee senior member (see 2310110057), withdrew as the designated GOP nominee Thursday, once it became clear enough Republican caucus members wouldn’t support him on the floor and thereby deny him an overall chamber majority. Jordan declared himself as again a speaker candidate after previously withdrawing in Scalise’s favor, while Scott got into the race because of misgivings about Jordan. A subsequent caucus poll on Republicans' commitment to vote for Jordan on the floor was 152-55, raising doubts about Jordan’s ability to get an overall House majority. Scott was among House Agriculture leaders who filed the Broadband for Rural America Act in 2021 in a bid to give the Agriculture Department more power to oversee rural connectivity buildout at the FCC's expense (see 2105210059).