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Masstown farmer launches pumpkins over a kilometre for charity | SaltWireWASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives is due to hold a third vote to fill its vacant speaker's chair on Friday, but Republicans who control the chamber appear no closer to resolving a leadership battle that has paralyzed the House for more than two weeks.
Jordan has failed to win the 217 votes needed to claim the speaker's gavel in votes on Tuesday and Wednesday.But the holdouts, some of whom have received death threats, said they were unmoved. A third failed vote could prompt Jordan to drop out, which would clear the way for other candidates to emerge. But it is unclear whether Republicans will be able to unite behind any of them.
The impasse has exposed sharp divisions between Republicans who aim to work within the rules of Washington politics and a hard-right faction that has taken the U.S. government to the brink of default and the edge of a shutdown."People are really trying to figure out how they can unite around a body that has really done this self-inflicting wound," said Republican Representative Kat Cammack.
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