House adjourns without third speaker vote (10/19 – FULL STREAM)

Join Post reporters as the House of Representatives convenes without a speaker on Oct. 19. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) will not seek an additional speaker vote. The position has remained vacant since Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was ousted from the post.

The next speaker will face the immediate and daunting task of averting a government shutdown. That will require achieving something that McCarthy couldn’t: reaching a funding deal that the Republican House and Democratic Senate will pass, and that President Biden will sign, without losing the gavel.

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On October 20, 2023 By Jessica Lane

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