Jim Jordan fails in second US House speaker vote
Conservative Republican says he expects a third vote on his faltering bid for speaker job on Thursday.
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Conservative Republican says he expects a third vote on his faltering bid for speaker job on Thursday.
As the chaos continued, a group of Republicans and Democrats was discussing taking explicit action to empower Representative Patrick McHenry, the North Carolina Republican who has been serving as temporary speaker, to conduct legislative business on the House floor
Outspoken conservative Jim Jordan has vowed to keep trying for the top job in the US House of...
WASHINGTON: Outspoken conservative Jim Jordan sought more time to bolster his faltering bid for the top job in the US House of Representatives after losing a second vote on Wednesday (Oct 18), while his fellow Republicans considered a backup option for the leaderless chamber. Jordan, who was endorsed by Do
In the two weeks since former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was forced out of his job, the Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives has been unable to coalesce behind an alternative, leaving several simmering issues unaddressed by lawmakers. In the interim, a new crisis has erupted in the Middle East, the war in…