House GOP elects Jim Jordan as next leader in major shakeup
Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan defeated Majority Leader Steve Scalise for the role of minority leader.
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Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan defeated Majority Leader Steve Scalise for the role of minority leader.
"The people's House is back in business," newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson told colleagues before being sworn in.
The House Republican Conference voted that Jordan should drop his bid in a closed-door meeting following an earlier vote on the House floor.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg had sought to block ex-prosecutor Mark Pomerantz from testifying in the Congressional probe.
