With Scalise out, all eyes on Jim Jordan in chaotic House speaker race

House Republicans are gathering Friday morning as they look for a path forward in a speakership battle riddled with chaos and uncertainty — with Rep. Jim Jordan working to get enough votes to secure the top spot just hours after Rep. Steve Scalise backed out of the race. Just over a week after Rep. Kevin McCarthy was ousted from the speakership, Scalise — whom the conference nominated in a closed-door session Wednesday — officially backed out. Now, Jordan, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is making his intentions to run for speaker known.