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Jim Jordan COLLAPSES After Speaker Vote Power Play Goes Up In Smoke
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5:39Now PlayingEven Jim Jordan and Donald Trump visibly collapse on camera going into the first Speaker of the House vote after his power play tactics against fellow congressman have not swayed as many votes as he'd hope for following Kevin McCarthy's ousting and Steve Scalise dropping out. Jayar Jackson and David Shuster break it down on The Damage Report.
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Republican Jim Jordan plots next move after losing first US House speaker vote
"WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Combative right-wing Republican Jim Jordan failed to win a first vote on Tuesday to serve as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, but more votes were expected to follow that could wear down his opponents.
The Ohio lawmaker backed by former President Donald Trump won 200 votes, short of the 217 needed to win the job, as 20 of his fellow Republican voted against him. All 212 Democrats voted for their leader, Hakeem Jeffries.
The loss means that for now the House remains leaderless, as it has been since a handful of Republican hardliners engineered Kevin McCarthy's ouster as speaker two weeks ago. That has left Congress unable to respond to wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, with just a month to go before the U.S. government faces another partial shutdown deadline.
It is not clear how many of Jordan's Republican opponents would hold firm in subsequent votes. McCarthy never got less than 200 votes in 15 rounds over four days in January."
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