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Jordan Puts Speaker Bid On Hold, Endorses McHenry As Interim Speaker

A view of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Jim Jordan lost his second bid to become the next Speaker of the House. (MARIA OSWALT/UNSPLASHED)

U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) put his Speaker of the House bid on hold Thursday and backed Representative Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC) for the role of interim speaker.

Jordan opted against forcing a third vote for the speaker position on Thursday, confronted by resistance from a segment of mainstream Republican holdouts,  according to The New York Times. 

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