Top Republican Rep. Jim Jordan has called off a third speaker vote after his crushing defeat on Wednesday and with signs that he was going to lose support from his colleagues.The conservative, who shed votes in his first two bids, will now back giving ally Patrick McHenry the gavel in a temporary bid to end the stalemate that has paralyzed Congress for 15 days.McHenry would act as a caretaker until the warring House Republicans can find a solution to fix the chaos that has engulfed the party since McCarthy was ousted two weeks ago.
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