Jim Jordan will not hold a third ballot for US house speaker - media
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2023-10-19 23:19
Outspoken U.S. Republican Jim Jordan will not hold a third ballot to be speaker of the U.S. House

Outspoken U.S. Republican Jim Jordan will not hold a third ballot to be speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and will instead back empowering interim speaker Patrick McHenry, the Washington Post and Punchbowl said on Thursday.

Jordan declined to comment ahead of a meeting of Republicans.

(Reporting by David Ljunggren, editing by Ismail Shakil)

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