The House will hold a vote for speaker Friday to give Republican nominee Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio a third shot at the gavel as he struggles to convince nearly two dozen holdouts to back him.
The stalemate, now in its third week, has empowered Democrats in the minority to ambitiously eye a deal to elect a speaker with some frustrated Republicans who would give them more power and perhaps an equal say over the agenda.
Mr. Jordan met privately in the Capitol with top GOP leaders and a group of about a dozen holdouts late Thursday. According to one lawmaker in the room, little progress was made toward convincing them to change their votes and back Mr. Jordan and a few asked him to drop out. The House has been essentially shuttered since Mr. McCarthy’s removal under a rule that prohibits anyone except an elected speaker from running the House.
Without the backing of nearly all of the GOP, the plan to elevate Mr. McHenry would require cooperation from Democrats who will demand concessions or an agreement requiring Republicans to cede their narrow majority and share power.
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