House Speaker Vote

• Trump ally Jim Jordan fails to win 2nd U.S. House speaker vote. What now?

  Unlike previous House leaders, Jim Jordan has made his name as a vocal leader of the party's hard right, tangling with Democrats and Republicans alike.

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  Oct 18, 2023
  
• Kevin McCarthy elected U.S. House speaker on 15th ballot, ending 4-day stalemate

  After four days of grueling ballots, McCarthy flipped more than a dozen conservative holdouts to become supporters, with the remaining holdouts finally dropping their opposition.

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  Jan 6, 2023
  
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• U.S. House speaker race deadlocked for 3rd day as Kevin McCarthy’s losses mount

  McCarthy lost seventh, eighth and then historic ninth, 10th and 11th rounds of voting, surpassing the number it took the last time this happened, 100 years ago.

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  Jan 5, 2023