EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/ReutersFor the second time in 24 hours, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) has failed to win the speakership on the House floor, pushing the right-wing leader's ambitions to the brink and bringing lawmakers closer to empowering an interim speaker after two weeks of legislative paralysis.On Wednesday, 22 Republicans went against Jordan, putting his support at 199 votes, well short of the 217 needed to claim the gavel.Troublingly for Jordan, he won two fewer votes in the second round than he
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / GettyOhio Rep. Jim Jordan’s expertise may be in college wrestling, but he might excel even more in the world of professional wrestling as a “heel.” Consider the heavy-handed arm-twisting being employed to try and make him Speaker of the House.“Several of Mr. Jordan’s supporters have posted the phone numbers of mainstream G.O.P. lawmakers they count as holdouts,” according to The New York Times.One of the holdouts targeted was Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL). Like