Jordan failed the most recent vote with 22 GOP defections. Reports say the holdouts are unmoved by his latest efforts.
The holdouts want “nothing” from Jordan, one Republican said, adding that some of the lawmakers in the meeting simply called on Jordan to drop out of the race.is expected to try a third vote to become House speaker, even as his Republican colleagues are explicitly warning the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump that no more threats or promises can win over their support.
"He doesn’t have the votes to be speaker,” Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., said after a late Thursday meeting when Jordan sought to hear them out and shore up support. Many view the Ohio congressman as too extreme for a central seat of U.S. power, second in line to the presidency. When Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, a chief architect of the ouster of the speaker two weeks ago, rose to speak, McCarthy told him it was not his turn.
McHenry himself has brushed off attempts to take the job more permanently after he was appointed to the role after the
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