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    There’s a lot of doubt that Kevin McCarthy will be able to get enough votes to become Speaker. It certainly won’t happen on the first ballot. Already Boboert and MTG are publicly at odds over it.

    Maybe this is worth it’s own thread to watch. One person mentioned is Scalise.

     
    Optimus Prime said:
    In a historically fraught time marked not only by partisan gridlock but also a remarkably incohesive Republican Party, the House GOP could soon elect a speaker with a remarkably thin legislative track record and precious little experience building the bipartisan consensus he would soon need.


    Critics of Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) have increasingly pointed to this — most notably the fact that he has yet to get a bill signed into law since being elected in 2006.

    “House Republicans have just elected a speaker nominee who in 16 years in this Congress hasn’t passed a single bill,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Friday, “because his focus has not been on the American people.”

    Legislation isn’t the only measure of a member of Congress, and that statistic could be characterized as misleading. (Congress these days passes few bills, and many members never get one they wrote signed into law.)

    But it’s not the only data point that suggests Jordan would come into the job from a very unusual position.


    The most oft-cited data on legislative success comes from the Center for Effective Lawmaking, a joint project of Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia.

    It tracks not only bills that become law, but bills that get some kind of traction, along with how significant the bills are. (i.e. you don’t get the same credit for getting a bill naming a post office passed as you would for an overhaul of health care.)


    Lawmakers of both parties often tout these rankings when boasting that a member has had a bona fide impact on our nation’s laws.

    Jordan has not had much impact, at least by this measuring stick.
CEL data have routinely ranked Jordan near the bottom of the House when it comes to his effectiveness.

    To wit:


    Last Congress, only four lawmakers ranked below him.


    He has ranked in the bottom five among House Republicans each of the past four Congresses.

    He has ranked in the bottom quarter of House Republicans in every full Congress he served in.


    Before this Congress, its data don’t record any bills Jordan sponsored passing or receiving any action — whether in committee or on the floor.


    How unusual is this? Part of the reason is that Jordan doesn’t sponsor a lot of bills.

    But other prominent members have significantly more robust track records.


    For instance, CEL data show Jeffries last Congress sponsored nine “substantive” bills — i.e. not commemorative things like naming a post office — which went on to pass, including four that became law. (Jeffries was in the majority with Democrats controlling both the Senate and the presidency, but Jordan has been in a majority for most of his tenure, and his party had that same trifecta from 2017 to 2019.)


    Ousted former speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) during Jordan’s tenure has sponsored 17 bills that passed and eight that became law. Five of those laws were regarded as “substantive.”


    And House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) during Jordan’s tenure has sponsored eight “substantive” bills that passed, including one that became law……..

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    These facts about Gym's legislative history just reinforces my belief that there are no real moderates left in the House. If there were any, they wouldn't even consider Gym as a viable option for Speaker, all he has done in Congress is make noise and obstruct all governing. To elect him as Speaker is just proof that R's are not interested in doing their job as described by Article One of the US Constitution.
     
    House Republicans plan to go to the floor Tuesday to vote for a speaker, but after a closed-door conference meeting ended Monday night, it became evident that Speaker Designate Jim Jordan (R-OH) still doesn’t have the votes necessary to become speaker.

    After an intensive pressure campaign and whip operation by Jordan and his allies, the Ohio Republican was able to whittle down his opposition on Monday to a more manageable number than where he stood on Friday when 55 Republicans vowed to vote against him.

    “We need to get a speaker tomorrow. The American people deserve to have their Congress, their House of Representatives, working," Jordan told reporters on Monday following a closed-door meeting. "I felt good walking into the conference. I feel even better now.

    But while Jordan said he felt better, one GOP member who supports Jordan said his momentum "paused" a little Monday night. After the conference meeting, Jordan's holdouts became more known and vocal in their opposition.

    Coming out of the closed-door meeting, at least six Republicans said they were still planning not to support Jordan on the floor.

    Those included Reps. Don Bacon (R-NE), Mike Lawler (R-NY), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), and Victoria Spartz (R-IN).

    Rep. Marinette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) said she was undecided on how she was going to vote on Tuesday. ...

    www.washingtonexaminer.com

    Jim Jordan’s momentum stalled after closed-door GOP meeting a day before floor vote - Washington Examiner

    House Republicans plan to go to the floor Tuesday to vote for a speaker, but after a closed-door conference meeting ended Monday night, it became evident that Speaker Designate Jim Jordan (R-OH) still doesn’t have the votes necessary to become speaker. After an intensive pressure campaign and...
    www.washingtonexaminer.com www.washingtonexaminer.com
     
    Andrus said:
    House Republicans plan to go to the floor Tuesday to vote for a speaker, but after a closed-door conference meeting ended Monday night, it became evident that Speaker Designate Jim Jordan (R-OH) still doesn’t have the votes necessary to become speaker.

    After an intensive pressure campaign and whip operation by Jordan and his allies, the Ohio Republican was able to whittle down his opposition on Monday to a more manageable number than where he stood on Friday when 55 Republicans vowed to vote against him.

    “We need to get a speaker tomorrow. The American people deserve to have their Congress, their House of Representatives, working," Jordan told reporters on Monday following a closed-door meeting. "I felt good walking into the conference. I feel even better now.

    But while Jordan said he felt better, one GOP member who supports Jordan said his momentum "paused" a little Monday night. After the conference meeting, Jordan's holdouts became more known and vocal in their opposition.

    Coming out of the closed-door meeting, at least six Republicans said they were still planning not to support Jordan on the floor.

    Those included Reps. Don Bacon (R-NE), Mike Lawler (R-NY), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), and Victoria Spartz (R-IN).

    Rep. Marinette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) said she was undecided on how she was going to vote on Tuesday. ...

    www.washingtonexaminer.com

    Jim Jordan’s momentum stalled after closed-door GOP meeting a day before floor vote - Washington Examiner

    House Republicans plan to go to the floor Tuesday to vote for a speaker, but after a closed-door conference meeting ended Monday night, it became evident that Speaker Designate Jim Jordan (R-OH) still doesn’t have the votes necessary to become speaker. After an intensive pressure campaign and...
    www.washingtonexaminer.com www.washingtonexaminer.com
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    Jordan is getting uncomfortably close. Democrats will be stuck with an extremist as speaker that wants to shut down most of the government. We could’ve gotten a reasonable speaker if Democrats weren’t so determined to watch the Republicans struggle. I think Democrats’ gamesmanship will hurt us all.
     
    Lapaz said:
    Jordan is getting uncomfortably close. Democrats will be stuck with an extremist as speaker that wants to shut down most of the government. We could’ve gotten a reasonable speaker if Democrats weren’t so determined to watch the Republicans struggle. I think Democrats’ gamesmanship will hurt us all.
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    Do. Not. Blame. Democrats.

    This shirtshow is none of their doing. The GOP could have nominated any of a dozen reasonable people who'd have enough Democrat backing to win.

    They did the exact opposite.

    This belongs 100% to Republicans.
     
    Lapaz said:
    Jordan is getting uncomfortably close. Democrats will be stuck with an extremist as speaker that wants to shut down most of the government. We could’ve gotten a reasonable speaker if Democrats weren’t so determined to watch the Republicans struggle. I think Democrats’ gamesmanship will hurt us all.
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    Moderate Republicans were/are not going to work with Democrats. What you want, will not happen regardless of what Democrats do.
     
    Taurus said:
    Do. Not. Blame. Democrats.

    This shirtshow is none of their doing. The GOP could have nominated any of a dozen reasonable people who'd have enough Democrat backing to win.

    They did the exact opposite.

    This belongs 100% to Republicans.
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    At the same time, the Dems could've worked with McCarthy, and kept him the Speaker, while severing McCarthy's concessions to the fringies, and asking for concessions of their own.
     

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