Jim Jordan Defeats GOPe Austin Scott, To Return Monday

By Sundance

In the Friday vote for Republican House Speaker, Jim Jordan won 124 votes and Austin Scott gained 81 votes.  Jordan now has a few days to talk to the roughly fifty republican holdouts who do not support him.   If it looks like Jordan can win the 217 floor votes needed, the GOP will likely vote next week.

After rising at the last minute on behalf of the p…