The House Republican conference has nominated U.S. Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) for the Speaker's gavel, marking a significant turn in the ideological trajectory of the party.
The legislation, known as AB 969, which was introduced and gained substantial approval in September, permits manual ballot counting only under specific conditions: during regular elections in regions with fewer than 1,000 registered voters, and special elections with under 5,000 voters.
Upon his recent appointment as Speaker Pro Tempore following Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) ouster, Patrick McHenry (R-NC), swiftly directed former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), to relinquish her office space in the Capitol.
James Gordon Meek, a former investigative journalist with ABC News, has been sentenced to only six years in prison in a child pornography case, with a maximum penalty of 20 years or more.