Outspoken conservative Jim Jordan will try again to win the top job in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, as continued Republican infighting sends the chamber into its 16th day without a leader.
U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan , the top contender in the race to be the next Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, leaves the office of House Majority Whip Tom Emmer after meetings to try to find the remaining votes to get Jordan elected to be the next Speaker after he failed to win the gavel in the first round of...will try again to win the top job in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, as continued Republican infighting sends the chamber into its 16th day without a leader.
It is not clear whether Jordan, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, will fare better in a second vote. "Our objective is to reopen the House of Representatives," Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said on Tuesday.
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