The House has begun voting.

Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., nominated Jeffries for speaker.

"While the Republican candidate for speaker is making late night backroom deals to secure the gavel, Leader Jeffries has once again extended the hand of bipartisanship for a path forward," he said. "One thing was very clear yesterday: the vote total [was] 212 to 200. The people's house has spoken and leader Jeffries has the support to be speaker that this country needs."

Aguilar slammed Jordan as a speaker candidate who “supports an extreme agenda and is hell-bent on banning abortion nationwide, gutting Medicare, gutting Social Security and giving cover to January 6 attackers.”

“Those aren’t the values that we share,” he said.

Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., gave the nominating speech for Jordan. Cole received one vote for speaker in the first round from Rep. John James, R-Mich.

In his speech, Cole referred to his opposition to the motion to vacate that ousted McCarthy, saying that at the time he had said that the absence of a speaker would "put the Congress in the state of chaos and the country into a state of uncertainty," and that "the last two weeks have vindicated that observation."

Cole praised Jordan's directness and his "spine of steel" and emphasized Jordan's work on the border. He received a bipartisan standing ovation for his emphasis of the House's support of Israel and its right to self defense.

He is a fellow Ohio Republican who replaced former Speaker John Boehner after he resigned from Congress in 2015.

Davidson, a retired Army captain, was the first primary candidate endorsed by the House Freedom Fund, the political arm of the House Freedom Caucus that was co-founded by Jordan.

Davidson later joined the Freedom Caucus.

Davidson largely had been a backbencher but in January won a Financial Services subcommittee gavel overseeing housing and insurance issues, just days after helping McCarthy win the speaker’s gavel.

The quorum call has concluded and 432 members are present. The sole absence from the House is Rep. Donald Payne, D-N.J.

Jordan will need 217 votes to secure the speakership.

McHenry did not say he would support Rep. Dave Joyce’s, R-Ohio, resolution to give him more power.

“The resolution is electing a speaker. That’s what we are trying to resolve today,” McHenry told reporters as he was walking to the floor. “I want to elect Jim Jordan speaker, and that’s what we are going to the floor to do.”

As the quorum call came to a close, McHenry, Jordan and Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., could be seen huddling by the dais engaged in conversation.

Across the floor, Reps. Carlos Gimenez of Florida, Don Bacon of Nebraska, and Nick LaLota and Anthony D'Espositio, both of New York, were seen speaking in the same spot they sat for yesterday's vote when they held out from giving Jordan their vote.

Jordan then approached LaLota and the two spoke one-on-one for a few minutes. LaLota then sat down again with his fellow New York holdouts.

Jeffries told reporters on his way to the floor this morning that Democrats are open to a resolution that would empower McHenry as speaker pro tempore.

"We'll have to review it, but all options are on the table to end the Republican civil war," Jeffries said.

However, Jeffries made clear that Jordan will not be considered by Democrats.

"We’ve been saying from the very beginning, that we want a bipartisan path forward. That does not involve Jim Jordan, who is a poster child for Republican extremism and a danger to our democracy," Jeffries said.

Jeffries said that Democrats will "create the time and space necessary" to make "informed decisions" on who to uplift as speaker.

"There’s a pathway forward that we’re willing to consider discuss, and then make a decision in the best interest of the American people," Jeffries added.

The House is now holding a quorum call to see who is present to vote in today's session.