Washington — Rep. Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio, is expected to try again to win the speakership on the House floor late Wednesday morning, at about 11 a.m. ET, after losing on the first ballot Tuesday.
Jordan had initially vowed to keep lawmakers on the House floor and continue to vote “until we get a speaker,” Jordan responded.
But instead, after he lost 20 Republicans in the first round, the next vote was not scheduled to take place until the next day, which suggested that he had not yet rounded up the support he needs.
“We’re going to keep working, and we’re going to get to the votes,” Jordan told reporters after the first vote, and he said he’d had “good discussions” with his Republican colleagues.
