Majority Leader Steve Scalise has withdrawn from the Speaker of the House race.
Scalise needed 217 Republican votes to win. He only received 113 votes to become the nominee. Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan got 99 votes.
Therefore, the Republicans did not bring the vote for Speaker to the House floor.
Jordan ended up backing Scalise, even offering to announce the nomination on the floor.
Jordan’s efforts did not convince some of those backing him to vote for Scalise.
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