Jim Jordan loses first vote for House speaker amid GOP defections | CNN Politics ( www.cnn.com )
Conservative Republican Rep. Jim Jordan fell significantly short of winning the House speaker’s gavel on a first ballot Tuesday, leaving the House in paralysis after 20 Republicans opposed the Ohio Republican.
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