House Republicans again failed to elect a speaker on Wednesday, leaving lawmakers scrambling to fill the chair now vacant entering a third week.
Rep. Jim Jordan, the conservative spending hawk from Ohio, could not garner 217 votes, a simple majority that would have required the support of all but four GOP lawmakers.
Mr. McHenry, chair of the House Financial Services Committee, is now filling the role as an appointed speaker, but House rules only allow an elected speaker to conduct legislative business. Lawmakers are eager to vote on unfinished spending legislation ahead of a Nov. 17 shutdown deadline and measures in support of Israel’s war against the terrorist group Hamas.
It wasn’t enough to flip more than a dozen holdouts. Lawmakers are now eyeing a mid-level Republican leadership member, Mr. McHenry, to get legislative business moving again.
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