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House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) will not receive the votes to become Speaker of the House, Breitbart News has learned.

Seven House Republicans who voted to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) pledged to do whatever it takes to make Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) the next Speaker of the House.

Former Speaker McCarthy nominated Speaker-Designate Jim Jordan for the speaker’s gavel Friday, emphasizing he is an “effective legislator.”

A handful of establishment Republicans blocked Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) from locking down the speakership on Tuesday, so Jordan and the vast majority of House Republicans are set to try again on Wednesday.

House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) sees the House Speaker’s gavel within reach, as the House GOP conference nominee for the speakership heads to the floor shortly after noon on Tuesday in an attempt to unify the GOP conference and end the chaos that started two weeks ago when now former Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted from the position.

Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends” that because of President Joe Biden’s open border policy, authorities don’t know if  there is a terrorist “cell currently in our country waiting to come forward.”

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer has formally ruled out a Speakership bid as House Republicans slowly but surely rally around Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), the GOP conference nominee for Speaker, in the drawn out Speakership fight, as it enters its third week.

Fox News host Bret Baier said Thursday on “Special Report” that he heard Jesus could not unite the Republican caucus during the speakership battle.

Steve Scalise hemorrhages support after winning the GOP nomination for Speaker with less than half the votes needed to win on the floor.

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) grimly assessed House Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s (R-LA) prospects of becoming Speaker of the House.

Well over twenty House Republicans from across the ideological spectrum are against Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and will not vote for him on the floor, a source with knowledge told Breitbart News.

Rep. Steve Scalise won the Republican nomination for Speaker of the House but failed to garner enough support to win on the House floor.

Rep. Pete Aguilar said that Rep. Steve Scalise is someone Democrats can talk to, but Rep. Jim Jordan “is dangerous for our democracy.”

Any House Republican who votes against the wishes of the majority on the floor will be automatically expelled from the conference, if a new rule proposed by Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) is adopted.

With the U.S. House of Representatives selecting a new Speaker, Peter Schweizer reminds us that the choice was never about policy.

Kevin McCarthy signaled that he is open to being a consensus House Speaker candidate in the event that Republicans cannot pick a new leader.

The Hamas terror group’s brutal attack on Israel could shake up the race for Speaker of the House as some Republicans press for the immediate installation of a leader to address the growing international crisis.

During an appearance on Fox News on Sunday, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) argued there was an Iranian connection to the terror attacks that unfolded over several hours in southern Israel on Saturday. McCarthy was critical of his Democrat counterparts, noting

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Democrats were ready to enter into a bipartisan agreement to run the House of Representatives.

Several of the top leaders in the conservative movement endorsed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) for House Speaker, praising his voting record and leadership of the House Freedom Caucus, House Judiciary Committee, and House Weaponization Committee. 

Fox News announced a televised forum with House Speaker candidates, but various reports now say that it has been canceled.

The way you deal with rebels like Matt Gaetz is by giving them responsibility for something they say they care about.

Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) in his bid to become the Republican Speaker of the House after Kevin McCarthy’s ouster.

House Republicans must choose a nominee for Speaker of the House, a daunting predicament that resurrects haunting memories of January’s embarrassing 15-round floor fight.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday on CNN’s “Inside Politics” there needed to be a “backlash” to the “extremists” in the House GOP.

Alyssa Farah Griffin told her co-hosts Thursday on ABC’s “The View” that she thought it was likely the search for a Republican Speaker of the House will “drag on for weeks and weeks.”

China’s state-run Global Times on Wednesday celebrated the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as further evidence of American democracy’s inferiority to Chinese fascism. A handy “Chinese expert” was quoted to describe the state of U.S. politics as “a host of demons dancing in riotous revelry.”

House committees can still investigate President Joe Biden and write appropriation bills regardless of the speakership vacancy.

Representative Garret Graves (R-LA) said Wednesday on CNN’s “The Lead” that he thinks the House GOP conference would have broken into a physical fight had they not recessed after Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-FL) successful motion to vacate the speakership of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).

Discussing the Florida congressman’s successful motion to vacate the speakership of Rep. Kevin McCarty (R-CA), Short said, “The people who were masquerading as fiscal conservatives really, really aren’t, Jake. I mean, Matt Gaetz, to say he came as a fiscal crusader, it’s more likely he came here for the teenage interns on Capitol Hill, to be honest.”

Multiple House Republicans are concerned about House Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s (R-LA) health status while he runs for speaker, while Scalise’s team contends he is more than ready to meet the challenges of being the leader of the House.

Representative Mike Lawler (R-NY) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports” that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) ousting Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) should result in the Florida congressman being “expelled” from the House Republican Conference.

Jim Banks endorsed Jim Jordan’s bid for speaker, charging that the Ohio firebrand “knows how to fight back” against the radical Democrats.

House Republicans took revenge on their Democrat colleagues for voting to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as speaker of the house.

House Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry booted former Speaker Nancy Pelosi from her private office in the Capitol building on Tuesday night.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is running for speaker of the House, he confirmed to Breitbart News. The Chairman of the House Judiciary and Weaponization Committees rose to prominence as a fierce opponent of President Barack Obama and Republican Speakers John Boehner (R-OH) and Paul Ryan (R-WI). Jordan transitioned from Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) primary irritant to one of his firmest allies, leading to his ascension atop the Judiciary Committee.