Twenty Republicans refused to support the hard-right Ohio Republican, leaving him without a majority as the party infighting stretched into a third week.
Tag: Republican Party
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The 20 Republicans Who Opposed Jim Jordan for House Speaker
The group included vulnerable Republicans from districts that President Biden won in 2020 and congressional institutionalists worried that Representative Jim Jordan would demand extreme spending cuts.
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The Arm-Twisting, Back-Stabbing Battle for House Speaker
Representative Jim Jordan, known for trying to obstruct the government, has emerged as the Republican most likely to win the job.
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The Strange Decline of America’s Global Power
The problem isn’t weakness at the top. It’s the enemy within.
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Jordan Inches Closer to Speakership, but Republican Holdouts Remain
The Ohio Republican won over several mainstream members of his party who had initially withheld their support, but was still short of the votes needed to win the gavel.