Claudia Grisales

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan called for a third vote Friday on his nomination to be speaker of the House, telling reporters the House needs to "elect a speaker as soon as possible."

Ohio Republican Jim Jordan says he will call for a third ballot vote in his bid to become speaker of the House.

The House of Representatives remains paralyzed as House Republicans again struggle to agree on any member to serve as speaker.

Members of the House are set to vote again Wednesday morning on the nomination of Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio to be the next speaker.

Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan failed to secure enough votes for the speakership Tuesday, and his allies are continuing to try to convince Republican opponents to get onboard before a second vote on Wednesday.

Republican Rep. Steve Scalise dropped out of the race for Speaker of the House, leaving the party without a clear candidate for the job and the House without a leader.

House Republicans are still struggling to select a speaker as support for Rep. Steve Scalise seems to be eroding.

Less than a day after a majority of House Republicans selected Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., as the speaker designate, his support appeared to erode.

House Republicans nominated a new speaker today, but plenty of party division remains. The tally was 113 to 99 for House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, who beat out Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan.

House Republicans are scrambling to coalesce around a small number of candidates to be Speaker of the House but the path to electing someone is unclear.

Members of the House have voted to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker. Rep. Patrick McHenry is temporarily in his seat, but it's unclear who the next speaker will be.

Members told reporters that they expect to hold a candidate forum next Tuesday ahead of votes on a speaker, possibly as early as Wednesday.

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., on Monday started the process for holding a vote to remove Kevin McCarthy as Housespeaker.

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., launched the process for holding a vote to remove Kevin McCarthy as House speaker but the road ahead is still unclear.

Congress moved at the last minute to avoid a government shutdown but underlying spending battles are far from resolved.

Government funding runs out at the end of the day tomorrow and Congress seems resigned to dragging the spending fight past the deadline for a shutdown.

With less than three days before a possible government shutdown, House Republicans will spend much of Thursday holding their first public hearing on the impeachment inquiry into President Biden.

The Senate voted 77 to 19 to start the process for considering a stop-gap spending bill with funding for Ukraine and disaster relief. Even if the Senate is able to pass it, House action is unclear.

It's set to be a big week in Washington as Congress heads toward a shutdown, President Biden and former President Donald Trump visit workers in Detroit, and GOP candidates are set to debate again.

GOP infighting is stymying any agreement to even temporarily fund the federal government after September 30th, and Congress now has fewer days to act.