The House has been called to order today to vote for Jim Jordan to become the new speaker of the House.
As we told you before, there may be a move to make Patrick McHenry the permanent pro tem speaker so the House can get back to business.
You can watch the live proceedings below:
The top GOP vote counter, Tom Emmer, says Jordan will become speaker today. That doesn’t seem to be the conventional wisdom but maybe he knows something no one else knows…
EMMER says Jim Jordan will be speaker today
— Erik Wasson (@elwasson) October 18, 2023