Jordan could become speaker without House majority with risky gambit last used before Civil War

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, faces an unclear path to the speakership after securing the GOP nomination. In the chaotic fight to replace recently ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Jordan has been making calls to shore up support for his bid after House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., the initial nominee, bowed out

Related Keywords

United States ,Tennessee ,Georgia ,American ,Steve Scalise ,Kevin Mccarthy ,Howell Cobb ,Matteo Cina ,Jim Jordan ,Andrew Johnson ,Felix Zollicoffer ,House Judiciary Committee ,American Party Rep ,Nothing Party ,Democratic Party ,Free Soil Party ,Whig Party ,Republican Party ,House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan ,Speaker Kevin Mccarthy ,House Majority Leader Steve Scalise ,House Practice ,Civil War ,American Party ,Speaker Nathaniel Banks ,Georgia Democrat ,News Digital ,Aubrie Spady ,