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Speaker deja vote

Republican speaker nominee Rep. Jim Jordan failed to win enough support on the House floor in the first full vote to select Rep. Kevin McCarthy's replacement …Read more

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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, met with multiple GOP holdouts ahead of the speaker vote Tuesday (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Jordan won 200 votes, with 20 Republicans voting for someone else. Every Democrat on the floor voted for Jeffries.

It's unclear what happens next. The House went into recess following Jordan's first failed vote. Some Republicans suggest that Jordan can rally support. 

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 Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, left, talks with Rep. Jim Jordan in 2021 (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Quote of the day:

"I would just simply say that it would be somewhere between the 15 rounds that speaker McCarthy got, and the five rounds that Pope Francis got in order to get elected"

GOP Rep. Nicole Malliotakis on how long the speaker vote will take.

fox news politics house speaker deja vote

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Authored by Fox News Staff via FoxNews October 17th 2023