Jim Jordan failed to secure 217 votes to become the new speaker in a second round of voting as Republicans continued to vote against him.
After a second round of voting, Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio again failed to secure the 217 votes he would need to be elected speaker, but one analyst told Newsweek he still expects Jordan to bounce back.On Tuesday, during the first round of voting, Jordan garnered only 200 votes—17 shy of the required 217 to win the gavel—after 20 members of his own party refused to back him.
The opposition from the Republican party comes after it was reported some of Jordan's allies had been trying to intimidate GOP lawmakers who aren't backing the Ohio congressman's bid for speaker.This led Republican Representative Byron Donalds to admit on Tuesday, amid voting, that the 'pressure campaign' waged by some in the GOP has 'backfired.''I believe it was, I talked to a couple of members where they felt that was just not what they needed.
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