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GOP's Jordan says he's still running for House gavel, but there's no

plan for next action

By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH
AMIRI, STEPHEN GROVES and KEV-
ING FREKING
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Refusing
to drop out, Republican Rep.
Jim Jordan told GOP colleagues
Thursday he was still running to be
House speaker but would back a
longshot plan to give someone
else the gavel for the next several
months as he works to shore up
support to win the post himself.
Jordan delivered the message at
a fiery closed-door meeting at the
Capitol as the Republican major-
ity considered an extraordinary
plan to give the interim Speaker
Pro-tempore Rep. Patrick McHen-
ry more powers until January to
reopen the House and conduct
crucial business, according to Re-
publicans familiar with the private
meeting who insisted on anonym-
ity to discuss it.
But neither option — choose Jor-
dan or a temporary stand-in —
seems immediately viable. And
the House is now weeks into an
unprecedented stalemate af-
ter the ouster of Kevin McCarthy,
grinding business to a halt and
threatening economic and other
damage. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, arrives for the Republican caucus meeting at the
Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023.
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