Republicans dropped Rep. Jim Jordan on Friday as their nominee for House speaker, making the decision during a closed-door session after the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump failed badly on a third ballot for the gavel.

The blocked-House impasse deepening, Republicans have no realistic or workable 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 the month.

  • Flying Squid
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    171 year ago

    Now he can go back to his old job- Appearing on Fox. He’s done so 128 times this year.

    • @ArtVandelay
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      41 year ago

      Oh come on, he’s been in office 16 years and passed exactly…checks notes … 0 bills!