House Republicans voted Friday afternoon to tap Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan as speaker-designate as the lower chamber of Congress reached the 10-day mark without finding a replacement for the ousted Kevin McCarthy.

Jordan (R-Ohio) bested Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.), who only announced his candidacy four hours before the conference, 124-81.

Now, the founding member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus has the uneviable task of bringing together a conference torn apart by ill-feeling and backbiting since McCarthy became the first speaker to be voted out by his colleagues Oct. 3

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