Being elected speaker would be a huge step up for 58-year-old Jordan. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - For much of the last 16 years, Republican Jim Jordan’s combative, in-your-face style of politics made the former college wrestler a constant source of trouble for his party’s leadership in the US House of Representatives.
With Mr McCarthy opposed by enough Republicans to deny him a House majority on vote after vote, a group of fellow hardliners nominated Mr Jordan, who nonetheless backed Mr McCarthy and gave an impassioned speech on his behalf. Now in his ninth term and 17th year in the House, Mr Jordan would likely push hard for steep cuts to domestic programmes including popular social services and be a voice against abortion and LGBTQ rights, while advocating greater parental roles in public school education.
During Mr Trump’s first impeachment in late 2019 and early 2020, it was Mr Jordan who stood before the cameras reciting the mantra over and over: “There was no quid pro quo.” Mr Jordan ignored pleas, including from the US business community, to relent and allow for more government borrowing. Global financial markets were rocked by the uncertainty.With the House once again controlled by Republicans, and the party’s far-right wing ascendant, concerns about a possible government default later this year have re-emerged.
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