Republican Party member Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, will not be able to collect the necessary votes from party members to be confirmed as speaker in the first round of voting. This was reported by RIA News referring to the election progress broadcast on American cable networks.
Currently, 13 legislators do not support either candidate (Jordan or Democratic Minority Leader Judge Jeffries). If a Republican does not receive at least five votes from party members, he will not receive the required 217 votes.
The 212-member Democratic Party votes for Jeffries.
The day before Jordan declarationHe is very close to becoming the Speaker of the House of Representatives. In his meeting with reporters, the Republican congressman from Ohio said that the number of Republican congressmen who support him is constantly increasing.
On October 14, the Associated Press reported that, based on the results of a closed-group vote, Jim Jordan trustworthy Securing support from a majority of party members in the Congressional House of Representatives to run for president.
Before this, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene said that members of the US Congress House of Representatives are from the Republican Party. came We are at a dead end trying to nominate a candidate for the post of Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
Previously Biden accused It violates the US Constitution.