Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) says he plans to head to the House floor for Tuesday’s Speaker vote, even as it remains unclear whether he will have the 217 votes needed to win the gavel.
“I don’t know if there’s any way to ever get that in the room. I would love that. But I think the only way to do this the way the Founders intended is you have the vote tomorrow,” Jordan told CNN on Monday.
Several key holdouts announced Monday they will back Jordan, a sign of growing support for his bid. Jordan went into the weekend needing to win several dozen votes, and he can still only afford no more than four GOP members voting for someone else if all members are present.
“Jordan now seems to be edging closer and closer amid a pressure campaign by his allies to win support for the conservative Republican and ally of former President Trump,” The Hill’s Emily Brooks and Mychael Schnell wrote.
Jordan’s pitch to members in a letter Monday included a promise to “make sure there are more Republican voices involved in our major decisions beyond the Five Families,” referring to the five main ideological groups in the House GOP.
The Republican conference meets for a closed-door meeting Monday night.Follow The Hill’s live blogto stay up to date on the Speaker election.
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A federal judge said she would impose a narrow gag orderbarring former President Trump from going after witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and their families in the election interference case in D.C.
Settlement reached over Trump-era family separations
The Biden administrationreached a settlement with migrants whose families were separated at the southwest border between 2017 and 2021.
The agreement “has the dual purpose of setting bureaucratic guardrails against any future administration’s potential attempts to recreate the Trump-era policy and to speed up the reunification of families,” The Hill’s Rafael Bernal wrote.
The settlement must be approved by U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw.
CONGRESS
Progressives call on Biden to urge Israel-Hamas ceasefire
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) introduced a resolution urging President Biden to call for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and to “promptly send and facilitate the entry of humanitarian assistance into Gaza.” The resolution has nine cosponsors in the House.
Gaza health authorities reported more than 2,700 Palestinians had died by Monday. Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel killed more than 1,400 people. Hamas, which controls Gaza, took almost 200 hostages.
Concerns from the United Nations and humanitarian groups have mounted over an Israeli ground offensive in Gaza, with Israel calling on around 1 million Palestinians to evacuate. Read more here.
Amount brought in by House candidates in the first nine months of 2023, according to the Federal Election Commission. (Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) tops the list with $14 million.)
Trump campaign announces $45 million fundraising haul in third quarter (The Hill)
DeSantis rakes in $15M in third quarter fundraising, portion of staff to move to Iowa (The Hill)
Sheehy reports $2.8M fundraising haul in Montana Senate bid(The Hill)
Medicare is removing its once-in-a-lifetime limit on covering PET scans used to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, leaving coverage up to regional contractors.
Trump suing Steele Dossier company
Former President Trumpis suing the company founded by former British spy Christopher Steele, who published the Steele Dossier with uncorroborated claims about ties between Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia.
OP-EDS IN THE HILL
“What makes presidential campaigns successful?” — Frank T. Manheim, affiliate professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. (Read here)
“A history of reconciliation: How Democrats can bridge the political divide to fix the Speakership mess in the House” — Neil Baron, an attorney who has advised various parts of the federal government on economic issues. (Read here)
⏲️ COUNTDOWN
32 days until the government funding deadline.
🗓 COMING NEXT
Tuesday: The House is set to hold a floor vote forSpeaker at 12 p.m.
Wednesday: Senators will receive a briefing on Israel and Gaza from Biden administration officials at 3:30 p.m.
Friday: President Biden welcomes European Council President Charles Michel andEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for a U.S.-EU Summit.
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AND FINALLY
“Well. Let’s see how this goes. Converts welcome!”
