Jim Jordan fails in second House speaker vote
(VOVWORLD) - Republican Congressman Jim Jordan failed for a second time to win enough support from his party to become Speaker of the US House of Representatives.
 Republican Congressman Jim Jordan at the Capitol Hill on October 17, 2023. (Photo: Reuters) |
With Republicans enjoying only a slim majority in the House (221-212), Jordan needs votes from all but 4 of his GOP colleagues to win. The latest tally, with 199 Republicans voting for him and 212 Democrats voting for Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, gave no candidate a clear majority.
Two weeks ago, a handful of Republicans in the US House of Representatives managed to oust Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy, as party infighting plunged Congress into further chaos just days after it narrowly averted a government shutdown.
Early this year, it took the US House of Representatives 15 rounds of voting to elect McCarthy Speaker.