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SaltWire's Atlantic regional weather forecast for October 20, 2023 | SaltWireWASHINGTON - The top job in the U.S. House of Representatives remained vacant on Friday, after hardline Republican Jim Jordan failed in his third bid for the gavel and dropped out of the race.
Here are some lawmakers being considered for speaker of the chamber, which has been without a leader since Oct. 3:Representative Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, the largest caucus in Congress, kicked off his run for speaker minutes after Jordan said he had dropped out of the race, although the Oklahoma lawmaker did not win any votes in Friday's contest.
POSSIBLE: TOM COLE Powerful Rules Committee chair Tom Cole, who has represented Oklahoma since 2003 as one of only five Native Americans in Congress, could gain support from Democrats if nominated, although he has repeatedly tamped down talk of putting his name forward. After receiving one vote on Tuesday, no votes were cast for him on Friday.
OUT: STEVE SCALISE The Louisiana lawmaker and No. 2 House Republican, who was widely seen as McCarthy's heir apparent, received eight votes on Friday, the most of anyone other than Jordan, after being nominated as speaker last week and withdrawing after being unable to unify Republicans. Wounded during a baseball practice in 2017 and being treated for since August for multiple myeloma, Scalise had faced questions about his health.
OUT: KEVIN MCCARTHYRepresentative and former speaker Kevin McCarthy has sent conflicting signals on whether he would seek the job again. The California lawmaker netted two votes during Friday's vote.Republican Representative Patrick McHenry, acting speaker since Kevin McCarthy was ousted Oct.
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