The House GOP conference on Friday voted to drop Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan as its speaker nominee after a third defeat in floor-wide votes earlier today. Sources told Fox News Digital that the conference had voted to remove Jordan as the nominee in a closed-door meeting. Jordan had even more Republicans vote against him in the third round of voting for the House speaker's gavel on Friday. Some lawmakers had backed the idea of empowering Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry. Fox asked specifically about the resolution by Rep. David Joyce, R-Ohio, to temporarily empower acting Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry as elected Speaker Pro Tempore for a fixed period.“I think we need to go through at least one more name (of a candidate) before that,” said one senior GOP source to Fox News.

Source: Fox News October 20, 2023 19:15 UTC