Scott got into the race at the last minute earlier today.
Jordan needs 217 votes to win the speakership, although that threshold may change if lawmakers are absent.
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McCarthy said that Jordan has to just sit down and talk to the holdouts.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) returns to a House Republican caucus meeting at the Longworth House Office Building on Friday.(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
A floor vote will not happen today or this weekend.
The House recessed until 6 p.m. No legislation can advance until there is a speaker.
Hes farther to the right than McCarthy, who backed him for the job.
As Jordan sought the speakership again, one former House member weighed in against him.
If Rs nominate Jordan to be speaker, they will be abandoning the Constitution.
Theyll lose the House majority and theyll deserve to.
His focus has been on peddling lies and conspiracy theories and driving division amongst the American people.
Our conference still has to come together and is not there.
There are still some people with their own agendas.
And I was very clear.
We have to have everyone put their agendas on the side and focus on what the country needs.
He added that there are still schisms that have to be resolved.
You cant do both.
On Wednesday, Scalise narrowly won the GOP nomination for speaker over Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH).
He may have the same problems rounding up votes that Scalise had.
Among Scalise supporters, that was viewed as an incentive for Jordans backers to withhold their support.
PREVIOUSLY, Oct. 12, 12:45 p.m.:Frustrating.
Splintered is more like it.
Its not even a five families deal, Donalds told reporters.
Its not even that.
I think …this is member to member.
The to-do list is getting longer, with an aid package for Israel now in the mix of priorities.
Theres also the prospect of Congress being unable to pass government funding legislation before a deadline next month.
Former President Donald Trump weighed in against Scalise today, also citing health reasons.
Greene also said that the party should just take the speaker vote to the floor.
I dont know what leadership is waiting on, she said.
The best thing is to get to the floor and start voting.
Scalise was expected to meet later tonight with members, but whether that includes the entire caucus was unclear.
Im concerned about that as well.
We have got to get to work.
Democrats are expected to remain united behind their choice for speaker, Hakeem Jeffries.
In a behind-closed-doors meeting of the GOP caucus, Scalise defeated Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH).
The vote was 113-99.
CNNs Manu Raju corralled a few members as they left, and got a mixture of reactions.
Scalise was diagnosed with multiple myeloma earlier this year and has been undergoing chemotherapy treatments.
Scalise has been in the House since 2008.
Thats complicated by the mixed messages from lawmakers.
We still have work to do, Scalise told reporters after the vote.
