Jim Jordan Tries To Clinch Speakership As News Networks Zero In On Another Day Of House Drama
deadline.comRep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is seeking to win over enough holdouts in the Republican conference to clinch the House speakership today, putting an end to the ongoing drama of GOP division that has all but halted the work of Congress.
News networks broke from ongoing coverage of the Israel-Hamas war to focus on the speaker race, a rare instance of genuine suspense in a floor vote, as it was last January, when Kevin McCarthy endure 15 roll calls before getting the top leadership post.
Unlike that spectacle, though, there is limited camera access for today’s roll call. Absent were the half-dozen or so media-pooled cameras in the chamber, leaving viewers with the traditional House-controlled stationary feed, generally focused on whoever is speaking or on a wide angle view of the proceedings.
Still photographers are being allowed. Jordan, a darling of the right-wing media ecosphere, has in recent days tried to convince more moderate parts of the Republican conference that his flame-throwing days are a thing of the past and that he has the organizational skills to unite them.
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