House Republicans left the Capitol Friday without electing a new speaker after their second nominee in two days, Rep. Jim Jordan, fell short of the 217 votes needed to win the gavel in a floor vote.
House Republicans left the Capitol Friday without electing a new speaker after their second nominee in two days, Rep. Jim Jordan, fell short of the 217 votes needed to win the gavel in a floor vote.
Republicans nominated Mr. Jordan on Friday, a day after Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana abandoned the nomination when he could not garner enough support to survive a vote on the House floor.
Mr. Jordan, a conservative firebrand from Ohio who chairs the Judiciary Committee, must now try to round up the support of nearly every Republican in the conference.
Republicans who left a closed-door meeting Friday said they will return on Monday or Tuesday.
At the meeting, they cast secret votes in two ballot rounds to nominate a speaker.
