Jordan Falls 20 Votes Short, Olympic Flag Football, and the 2024 Color of the Year

The House plans to vote again today for Speaker after Rep. Jim Jordan fell 20 votes short in the first ballot. Those were 20 GOP votes, with the 212 Democrats voting as a bloc for their leader, Hakeem Jeffries. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ [The Flyover]( [The Flyover]( [Calendar] WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2023 Good morning! On this date in 1867, the United States bought Alaska from the Russian Empire and claimed the territory for America. The price was $7.2 million, or less than 2 cents an acre. [Here’s the historic Treasury check](. Want to comment on a story? Head over to our [Facebook page](. The Flyover wouldn't land in your inbox without support from great sponsors like [NativePath](. If you'd like to help us keep taking off, [check them out](! [Take Off] [Article Icon 1] Jordan Falls 20 Votes Short The House plans t[o vote again today for Speaker]( after Rep. Jim Jordan fell 20 votes short in the first ballot. Those were 20 GOP votes, with the 212 Democrats voting as a bloc for their leader, Hakeem Jeffries. This is the second Speaker election in 100 years to require multiple ballots, with the first being the election of ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy in January. McCarthy failed by 19 votes on the first ballot and required 15 ballots overall to win. Today’s vote is scheduled for 11 a.m. ET. If Jordan fails, [other potential candidates include]( Tom Emmer, the No. 3 House Republican, and Patrick McHenry, who’s the current interim speaker. [Article Icon 1]First Bionic Hand Shows Promise A Swedish woman who was the first to receive a [robotic limb integrated via electrodes]( with her nervous and skeletal systems can now accomplish 80% of the tasks she could previously perform and even feel sensations in the artificial limb. The woman lost her right hand in a farming accident and was implanted with [a new human-machine interface]( into her residual bone, nerves, and muscle in December 2018. She controls the hand with her mind. Her progress marks the first successful long-term integration of a bionic hand into a patient with a below-elbow amputation. She posted [a three-minute video last week telling her story](. [Article Icon 2] Hunting 'Paradise' Hits Market at Record Price A sprawling 1,225-acre hunting ranch is for sale in Deer Park, Alabama for the asking price of $12.5 million. It comes with a 20,000-square-foot lodge complete with a trophy room, gym, movie theater, walk-in gun safe, and commercial-grade kitchen. [See photos here](. The property is meant for hunting and fishing enthusiasts. Outside are two 12-acre stocked fishing lakes and a duck pond. The ranch has deer, turkey, dove, quail, and ducks on more than 800 enclosed acres, along with 13 shooting houses and ladder stands. At $12.5 million, the lodge is nearly three times the price of any other home in its county. 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