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At the Races: Vulnerable in GOP split on Jordan - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

Roll Call

GOP Hardliner Jim Jordan’s Bid For House Speaker Faces Resistance

Rep. Jim Jordan faces resistance as bid for House Speaker role continues, losing support from fellow Republicans.

Zenger

Stalemate Over Speaker Election Continues As Mary Trump Takes Dig At Republicans

Former Congressman Kasich proposes coalition to marginalize extremes and get Congress governing again

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Jim Jordan says he will seek third vote and not planning to drop out of House speaker race – as it happened

Jim Jordan says he plans to speak with the 20 Republicans who did not vote for him

The Guardian - US

Media Got the Hospital Story Wrong

Plus: Jim Jordan has no friends, an "antisemitic Burning Man festival" at Penn, Staten Island secession, and more...

Reason

Jordan wants to back out as GOPers rebel

"He's done," one Republican said after GOP moderates erupted over bullying and intimidation tactics

Salon

Biden visits war zone as GOP melts down

There's a tiny, stupid war raging within the Republican Party. Joe Biden paid attention to the war that matters

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Interim speaker plan on ice despite Jordan’s backing - Roll Call

House Republicans shelved a proposal to install Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick T. Henry in a more official role possibly through December just hours after the speaker-designate gave it his blessing.

Roll Call

First Thing: Gaza aid could enter as soon as Friday, says Biden

Twenty trucks are preparing to enter Gaza through the Rafah crossing, but US president says aid will halt if it is seized by Hamas. Plus, Naomi Klein on populists, conspiracists and real-world activism

The Guardian - UK

Jim Jordan: MAGA's version of Jesus

It's not really about Jesus, so much as a belief that only members of their lily white tribe are "real" Americans

Salon

Biden torches Jim Jordan over his two failed House speaker bids: ‘I ache for him’

A third vote for the House speaker role is due to take place on Thursday

The Independent UK

Jim Jordan House speaker vote back on after new GOP rejection: Live

In stunning turnaround, defiant conservative hardliner announces another attempt to win over moderates

The Independent UK

US House in chaos as Jordan schedules third vote and interim speaker plan fails

Republicans unable to break impasse as congressman vows to press on with a Friday vote despite opposition

The Guardian - US

Louisville congressman on House speaker woes: "I've never rooted for disfunction"

Another day, another unsuccessful vote for Speaker of the House. Kentucky’s 5 Republican House members all voted for Jim Jordan Wednesday, as they did the day before. It wasn’t enough, leaving the House without a speaker for more than two weeks.

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Al Jazeera

Jim Jordan fails in second US House speaker vote

Conservative Republican says he expects a third vote on his faltering bid for speaker job on Thursday.

Roll Call

Rep. Miller-Meeks received death threats over Jordan opposition - Roll Call

A second-term GOP lawmaker said she's gotten death threats since her vote earlier Wednesday for a speaker candidate that wasn't Jim Jordan.

Chicago Sun-Times

Republican’s failure to elect a House speaker is proof the party is broken

Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio lost a vote to become House speaker. America is watching what it looks like when a political party is in its final throes of usefulness and relevance.

The Guardian - US

Matt Gaetz sorry for email that blamed other Republicans amid speaker fight

Fundraising email from Florida congressman said ‘Rinos are working with radical Democrats … to block Jim Jordan’

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The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Australian echoes of Gaza conflict, Biden in Israel, the new Friday work trend

Israel-Hamas war is a world away but it has quickly fuelled tensions at home, as the US president says the Gaza hospital blast was caused by Palestinian rockets

Salon

GOP tries to blame Dems for Jordan loss

Jordan vowed to push for a third vote but the number of Republican holdouts is only growing over pressure tactics

Roll Call

'SALT' relief on the table in speaker negotiations - Roll Call

Rep. Jim Jordan is backing an increased cap on state and local tax deductions, according to Rep. Mike Garcia.

Roll Call

Speaker battle lines may be hardening, next steps unclear - Roll Call

The GOP battle to pick a House speaker will continue Thursday after Rep. Jim Jordan saw support drop on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Jimmy Kimmel roasts Kevin McCarthy for blaming House speaker chaos on Democrats

Late night host compared Kevin McCarthy being ousted to a ‘tray of salmon cakes from last weekend’s hometown buffet’

The Independent UK

Who are the 25 Republicans who took down Jim Jordan on third ballot?

Total number of votes for Jordan drops from 199 votes on second ballot to 194 on third, while Jeffries gets 210

The Conversation

House speaker paralysis is confusing – a political scientist explains what's happening

Political observers, most Americans and even members of Congress can’t remember a battle for the post of speaker of the U.S. House as fraught as the one that began back in January 2023 and continues still, 10 months later.

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