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Jim Jordan gets fewer votes in second vote for speaker than first
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Jordan Loses Initial US House Speaker Vote, Likely Stays in Race
Jordan says he plans another speaker vote later Tuesday
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Jim Jordan fails to win House speaker vote on first ballot
- Representative Jim Jordan, a right-wing Republican hard-liner, lost his first bid to be elected speaker, prolonging a two-week paralysis in the chamber.
- A total of 20 Republicans voted against Mr. Jordan on the first vote for speaker.
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Jordan Inches Closer to Speakership, but Republican Holdouts Remain
Representative Jim Jordan won over several mainstream members of his party, but was still short of the votes needed to win the gavel.
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