House speaker job stays vacant as holdouts block Jim Jordan

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Scott Applewhite / Associated Press) House speaker job stays vacant as holdouts block Jim Jordan and GOP quits for the weekend]( Republicans tried and failed again Friday to break the 10-day logjam that has left the speaker’s job vacant and paralyzed the House since the ouster of Kevin McCarthy. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio topped a last-minute challenger 124 to 81 — despite endorsements from McCarthy, former President Donald Trump and Majority Leader Steve Scalise, the House GOP’s first choice to fill the job. [But that was well short of the 217 needed]( to ensure victory against the Democratic nominee for speaker. 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