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US conservative member of the House of Representatives Jim Jordan lost a secret ballot on Friday to remain the Republican nominee for speaker.
Jordan was defeated by 25 colleagues from his own party who joined every Democrat to vote down his bid for speaker for the third time in four days
“We need to come together and figure out who our speaker is going to be,” Jordan told reporters after the meeting.
“I’m going to work as hard as I can to help that individual so that we can go help the American people. And I’m also going to get back to work.”
Republicans will start the process over on Monday, House majority leader Steve Scalise said.
More to follow…
zc/jcg (AP, AFP, Reuters)
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