Jordan lost support in second round of voting but stays in contest
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https://www.wsj.com/politics/gop-weighs-giving-patrick-mchenry-more-powers-as-jim-jordans-speaker-bid-fades-71f404d4Tom Williams/Zuma Press WASHINGTON—Republicans weighed a temporary fix that would give current caretaker speaker Patrick McHenry more powers to run the House of Representatives, as rank-and-file GOP lawmakers started to lose patience with Rep. Jim Jordan’s efforts to continue his campaign after
As the day began, Rep. David Joyce , the lead architect of a plan to give McHenry more powers, met behind closed doors with a small group of other Republicans, saying that he expected to introduce a measure later Thursday to allow McHenry to bring legislation to the floor for a period. “We’ll do it sometime today,” Joyce said in a brief hallway interview Thursday morning.This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only.
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