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Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Republicans voted Friday to nominate conservative firebrand Jim Jordan for speaker of the House -- the latest twist in a chaotic battle for speakership. Jordan, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, received 124 votes to secure the nomination -- still more than 90 votes shy of the 217 he will need to grab the gavel in a vote on the House floor, according to members and aides who were the room. That floor vote has not yet been scheduled. A secret ballot vote shortly after the nomination showed 55 House Republicans would not support Jordan on the ...