WASHINGTON: US lawmakers rejected hardline conservative Jim Jordan's bid for speaker of the House of Representatives for a second time on Wednesday (Oct 18), as the leadership vacuum pa
of the House of Representatives for a second time on Wednesday , as the leadership vacuum paralysed Washington for a 15th day with no clear resolution in sight.Jordan, an acolyte of scandal-engulfed Donald Trump, could only afford to lose four Republican votes, but 22 of his colleagues rejected his candidacy in the second ballot - two more than were against him a day earlier.
"Each day that passes without a speaker of the House is a national security risk," said Jordan supporter and California Republican David Valadao. But Jordan showed no signs of dropping out, as his spokesman Russell Dye vowed to reporters that the congressman would"keep going", with the next round expected on Thursday.Jordan's tally of 199 votes marked the first time in a century that the majority's nominee had dipped under 200.
The Ohio lawmaker has little of the goodwill among the rank-and-file that his predecessor spent years cultivating, and it is unlikely that he would be allowed the 15 rounds of voting that it took McCarthy to get elected. There is momentum behind a push to formally appoint caretaker speaker Patrick McHenry for a limited period of two or three months - expanding his purely ceremonial powers so that he can bring legislation to the floor.
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