Jim Jordan vows to press on for speaker’s chair despite second election loss - as it happened

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• Jim Jordan loses US House speaker vote for second time as support ebbs

Patrick McHenry has gaveled the House into session, ahead of a vote on making Republican Jim Jordan the chamber's speaker.

Jordan, the GOP nominee for the post, yesterday lost his initial round of balloting, with 20 Republicans and all Democrats opposing him. His candidacy will be voted on again today, but Jordan is expected to lose even more Republican support.