In the first time in a century, the party in power failed to elect a Speaker of the House during the first round of voting
that the leader of the minority party could win the speakership on a plurality vote if Republicans cannot reach a consensus. There could be many more rounds of voting to come. “This is what it is,” Republican Rep. Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania told TIME. “We have procedures to deal with this. We may be on the floor for a long time.
Those entreaties didn’t seem to work. Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida nominated Jordan for Speaker on the second round of voting, right after Jordan nominated McCarthy. “Maybe the right person for the job of Speaker of the House isn’t someone who wants it so bad,” Gaetz proposed to his colleagues. “Democrats are unified and Republicans have become the chaos conference,” Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood of Illinois told TIME.
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