House speaker vote live updates: House in third week without speaker, as Jordan says he's staying in the race

All total, 22 Republicans voted against Rep. Jim Jordan on the second ballot.

Jordan will continue to 'bleed votes' with each attempt to win the speaker's gavel, and Republicans should look to a temporary speakership to break the current impasse, so the House can move legislation to aid Israel and Ukraine and keep the government operating, said Rep. Ken Buck, Republican of Colorado.'I think he bleeds three or four votes this next time, maybe a little bit more,' Buck told 'The Takeout' podcast this week.'He started out with 20 .

I think he'll be down to 25, 26 if he goes to the floor again,' Buck said.The current floor chaos is 'not a good image,' and Buck says he does not see a clear path to electing a speaker.But he did offer two possible outcomes: first, a 'power-sharing' arrangement by which Majority Leader Steve Scalise, of Louisiana, becomes speaker and Jordan becomes majority leader. The second possibility he raised was a temporary speakership held by current Speaker pro tempore, Rep.

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