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Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper
A r u b a ’ s O N L Y E n g l i s h n e w s p a p e r
House Republicans drop Jim Jordan as their nominee for

speaker, stumbling back to square one

By LISA MASCARO, FAR-
NOUSH AMIRI, STEPHEN
GROVES and KEVING FREK-
ING
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Republicans abruptly
dropped Rep. Jim Jordan
on Friday as their nominee
for House speaker, mak-
ing the decision during a
closed-door session after
the hard-edged ally of
Donald Trump failed bad-
ly on a third ballot for the
gavel.
The outcome left Republi-
cans dejected, frustrated
and sinking deeper into
turmoil, another week
without a House speaker
bordering on a full-blown
crisis. House Republicans
have no realistic or working
plan to unite the fractured
GOP majority, elect a new
speaker and return to the
work of Congress that has
been languishing since
hard-liners ousted Kevin
McCarthy at the start of A House clerk keeps track of voting as Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, loses the third ballot in his bid to become speaker of the House, at
the month. the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023.
Associated Press
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