Jim Jordan, who is backed by Donald Trump, must overcome deep Republican divisions in a second scheduled ballot, as the US House remains leaderless.
| Combative right-wing Republican Jim Jordan on Tuesday sought more time to build support for his bid for Speaker of the US House of Representatives after coming up short in a first vote, raising questions about his prospects for winning the job., while he scrambled to pressure the 20 fellow Republicans who voted against him.
Mr Jordan told reporters he was “making progress” after several hours of closed-door talks with Republicans.Mr McCarthy was ousted for reaching a deal with Democrats late last month to head off the fourth partial US government shutdown in a decade, triggering the current period of dysfunction. Many of them are moderates who represent politically competitive districts, while others specialise in negotiating the complex spending bills that keep the US government running, deals that typically require a willingness to compromise.“We are talking about someone who has spent their entire career trying to hold our country back,” Democrat Pete Aguilar said on the House floor.
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