Jim Jordan fails to win speakership on third ballot and loses ground as more Republicans oppose his nomination

EDIT: Here’s an NPR article with more information.

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    1 year ago

    A possibility now is Dems and moderate Rs ignore this chaos and just let the temporary Speaker McHenry start working and voting on bills. That’s technically possible, I’ve read. Then if this team reaches simple majority they can ignore Freedom Caucus.