The political climb has been steep for Jordan, an outsider and founding member of the right-flank Freedom Caucus who is now just votes away from a seat central to U.S power.
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Golden backs expanded powers for acting speaker
The 2nd District congressman joined other centrist Democrats in calling for expanded powers for Patrick McHenry so the U.S. House of Representatives can resume its work.
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Republicans pick Jim Jordan as nominee for House speaker, putting job within the Trump ally’s reach
Electing Jordan, a founding member of the Freedom Caucus, to the powerful position second in line to the presidency would move the Republican’s far right into a central seat of U.S. power.
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House left leaderless as Republican Scalise ends speaker bid
After hours of private meetings over two days and late into Thursday evening at the Capitol, it was clear lawmakers were not budging from their refusal to support the Louisiana Republican.
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Supporters of U.S. aid to Ukraine are watching the House turmoil with growing alarm
Leaders dropped $6 billion in Ukraine aid from the temporary funding measure passed Saturday as they focused on passing it quickly, just hours before the government would have shut down.
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McCarthy’s ouster leaves House adrift as divided Republicans seek a new leader
It is a wide open battle for the job just as Congress faces a new deadline to fund the government by mid-November, but work on that legislation is on hold due to the vacancy in the speaker’s office.
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Kevin McCarthy is out as speaker of the House. No one knows for sure what comes next.
There is no obvious successor to lead the House Republican majority, should Kevin McCarthy opt not to run for the job again.
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Kevin McCarthy becomes the first speaker ever to be ousted from the job in a House vote
McCarthy told lawmakers he would not run again for speaker, and next steps are highly uncertain as there is no obvious successor to lead the House Republican majority.
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Rep. Jared Golden urges U.S. Justice Department to focus on violence in Mexico
Bipartisan congressional group tell attorney general “to intervene” to protect Americans
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House Speaker McCarthy is back to square one as Senate pushes to avert federal shutdown
A shutdown would furlough millions of federal employees, leave the military without pay, disrupt air travel and cut off vital safety net services.