Republican Jim Jordan Fails To Win 2nd Vote to Become House Speaker

Republican Rep. Jim Jordan failed again Wednesday on a crucial second ballot to become House speaker, the hard-fighting ally of Donald Trump losing even more GOP colleagues who refused to give him the the gavel.

Next steps were highly uncertain as a bipartisan group of lawmakers floated an extraordinary plan - to give the interim speaker-pro-tempore, Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., more power to reopen the House an