--- title: Watch Live: U.S. House Holds Second Round of Balloting for Speaker description: The House returns for a second round of balloting for House speaker as Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Oh.) fights to win over his many holdouts for the job after losing on the first ballot Tuesday. canonical: https://time.com/6325415/house-speaker-second-round-balloting/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2023-10-18T15:10:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T16:33:18.127Z article:section: Politics og:title: U.S. House Holds Second Round of Balloting for Speaker og:description: The House returns for a second round of balloting for House Speaker. og:url: https://time.com/6325415/house-speaker-second-round-balloting/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbe8848e2c684380/698a415386f68e54016f2dcc/GettyImages-1742696519.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 2000 og:image:alt: House Lawmakers Work Towards Electing New Speaker On Capitol Hill og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: U.S. House Holds Second Round of Balloting for Speaker twitter:description: The House returns for a second round of balloting for House Speaker. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbe8848e2c684380/698a415386f68e54016f2dcc/GettyImages-1742696519.jpg?branch=production ---  # U.S. House Holds Second Round of Balloting for Speaker by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Oct 18, 2023 3:10 PM CUT  WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) arrives at the U.S. Capitol ahead of today's planned Speaker of the House vote in the House of Representatives on October 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. The House has been without an elected leader since McCarthy was ousted from the speakership on October 4 in a move led by a small group of conservative members of his party. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) arrives at the U.S. Capitol ahead of today's planned Speaker of the House vote in the House of Representatives on October 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. The House has been without an elected leader since McCarthy was ousted from the speakership on October 4 in a move led by a small group of conservative members of his party. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Getty Images—2023 Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Oct 18, 2023 3:10 PM CUT The House returns for a second round of balloting for House Speaker as Rep. 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