12:42 PM ET: House is now voting for the Speaker of the House.
1:45 PM: Final count of first round:
1:08 PM ET: Jordan loses the first found.
Previous reporting…
The House of Representatives might vote on its new Speaker this afternoon.
The House opens at 12:00 PM ET. A quorum call would happen to count the members present in the chamber.
The nominating speeches would happen after the quorum call. Then the members take a manual vote when the clerks call them alphabetically.
If all Republicans show up then Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan needs 217 votes, which he does not currently have.
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