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<p>House Republicans reportedly voted in a secret ballot Friday to ditch Rep. <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/jim-jordan">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) as their nominee for Speaker shortly after he <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/jim-jordans-failed-strategy-shockingly-keeps-on-failing">failed for a third time to muster the votes</a> needed on the House floor.</p>
<p>The far-right conservative had <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/jim-jordans-failed-strategy-shockingly-keeps-on-failing">tried and failed </a>for days to generate support but detractors dug in their heels, ultimately tanking his speakership dreams and thrusting the House into a third week without a leader.</p>
<p>The speakership has now been vacant for 17 days since eight Republican hardliners moved to oust Rep. <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/kevin-mccarthy">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA), kicking off an unprecedented power vacuum that has highlighted deep divisions within the Republican caucus, which ultimately needs to act in near unanimity to elect a new leader.</p>
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The far-right conservative had tried and failed for days to generate support but detractors dug in their heels, ultimately tanking his speakership dreams and thrusting the House into a third week without a leader.
The speakership has now been vacant for 17 days since eight Republican hardliners moved to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), kicking off an unprecedented power vacuum that has highlighted deep divisions within the Republican caucus, which ultimately needs to act in near unanimity to elect a new leader.
