Jim Jordan will vote for Steve Scalise to be House speaker, source says – as it happened
by Maya Yang (now) and Joanna Walters (earlier) from US news | The Guardian on (#6FFRC)
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Several former Ohio State University wrestlers are voicing their opposition towards Republican representative Jim Jordan's speaker candidacy.
The former students have accused Jordan of ignoring sexual abuse and failing to protect them from a sexual predator while he was the team's assistant coach.
The first order of business under speaker Steve Scalise is going to be bringing a strong resolution expressing support for Israel. We've got a very bipartisan bill ... ready to go right away to express our support for Israel.
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