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GOP’s Jim Jordan fails again to win vote to become House speaker as colleagues seek options

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri and Stephen Groves, AP Posted on October 18, 2023

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Republican Rep. Jim Jordan failed again Wednesday on a crucial second ballot to become House speaker, the hard-fighting ally of Donald Trump losing even more GOP colleagues who refused to give him the the gavel.

Next steps were highly uncertain as a bipartisan group of lawmakers floated an extraordinary plan — to give the interim speaker-pro-tempore, Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., more power to reopen the House and temporarily conduct routine business.

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