Wednesday on Capitol Hill, a second vote for U.S. Representative Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, was called.
“Huizenga…Jordan…Jordan.”
U.S. Representative Bill Huizenga supports Jordan, but 22 of his Republican colleagues do not. Jordan must secure 217 votes – a majority – to gain the speakership. He received 199 and that’s two fewer than the initial vote.
After the votes were counted Tuesday, the Zeeland Republican spoke with reporters on C-SPAN.
Huizenga addressed the idea of empowering speaker pro tempore, Patrick McHenry.
“I don’t think that that would be a direction necessarily that we would go. We probably might have to do something very limited, very temporary if there is really, truly an impasse. Otherwise, we’ve got a duty and a responsibility to keep moving ahead.”
Huizenga explained that if House Republicans believe McHenry should be empowered, it would be best for them to nominate him.