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October 2023 Speaker Of The United States House Of Representatives Election
Following the Removal of Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House, successful motion to vacate the speakership of Kevin McCarthy of California on October 3, 2023, the members of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives began holding an extremely rare intra-term election for Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, speaker of the House on October 17. In the 118th United States Congress, 118th Congress, McCarthy's House Republican Conference holds the majority of seats. He had previously been elected on January 7, 2023, after an unusual fifteen rounds of voting in the January 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, January speakership election. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, also a Republican party (United States), Republican, served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives#Speaker pro tempore, speaker ''pro tempore'' until a new speaker was elected. This was the 129th List of Speaker of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Jordan
James Daniel Jordan (born February 17, 1964) is an American politician currently serving in his ninth term in the U.S. House of Representatives as the representative for since 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he is a two-time NCAA national champion wrestler and a former college wrestling coach. In Congress, Jordan helped start the right-wing populist House Freedom Caucus, serving as its first chair from 2015 to 2017, and as its vice chair since 2017. Jordan was a prominent critic of Speaker of the House John Boehner, who resigned under Freedom Caucus pressure in 2015. He was the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee from 2019 to 2020, when he left to become the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, of which he became chair in 2023. Jordan is a close ally of former president Donald Trump. During Trump's presidency, Jordan sought to discredit investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election and staged a sit-in to prevent a T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
