The House will vote again Friday morning at 10 a.m. on whether Rep. Jim Jordan should be speaker. But based on a meeting the Ohio Republican had with holdouts on Thursday night, it didn’t appear the third time would be the charm.
Republicans who’ve refused to back Jordan’s speaker bid thus far spent the Thursday evening meeting with him emphasizing their concrete opposition and left unswayed.
Some of the 22 Republican lawmakers who voted against Jordan in a second speaker vote on Wednesday met with him for over an hour but made no signs of progress, underscoring the gridlock within the House GOP.
