Speaker vote: Jim Jordan asks ‘energetic’ House GOP conference to support speakership bid
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) penned a letter to his House Republican colleagues asking the “energetic conference” to support his bid for the speakership.
The House Judiciary Committee chairman posted the letter he sent to his fellow House Republican on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday. He implored his fellow GOP members that “it is time to unite and get back to work on behalf of the American people,” as the lower chamber of Congress has been without its constitutionally mandated leader for nearly two weeks.
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Jordan received the nomination for House speaker from the GOP House conference on Friday, in a 124-81 vote, and appears to be making progress in flipping holdout members of the conference in supporting his bid.
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