Nick Reed PODCAST 10.17.23 - House Speaker Vote Today
Hour 1 -\xa0\n\nHappy Tuesday! Here's what Nick Reed covers this morning:\n\nGrassroots conservatives nationwide are rallying behind Jim Jordan as he seeks to lock down the speakership in a Tuesday afternoon floor vote, with activists \u201cmelting\u201d phone lines with respectful pleas to GOP members of Congress to unify and end the conference\u2019s divisions by finally electing Jordan as Speaker of the House.\nAfter a closed-door conference meeting ended Monday night, it became evident that Jim Jordan still doesn\u2019t have the votes necessary to become speaker.\nConservative donors are pledging to withhold funding from Republican House members who refuse to support Jordan for Speaker.\nFormer President\xa0Trump\xa0on Monday said he will expand his travel ban to include people from the Palestinian territory of Gaza in the wake of the\xa0Hamas\xa0terror attack on Israel.\nA proposal in Los Angeles intended to address the city\u2019s rampant homelessness issues could turn hotels into squatter dens.