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Does Jordan have the heart to keep fighting?

By Conn Carroll
Published October 17, 2023 10:47pm ET
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Does Jordan have the heart to keep fighting?
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) listens after he was not successful in the first ballot, as Republicans try to elect him to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) failed to secure the speaker’s office today when 20 Republicans voted for someone else in the first House floor vote since seven Republicans and every House Democrat voted with Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from the speaker’s office earlier this month.

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