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The House remains leaderless and out of operation after Speaker-designate Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) netted a loss of one vote between the first and second round. Several lawmakers are calling for Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) to be temporarily empowered to oversee legislation moving again.

The second Speaker vote tally was 199 for Jordan, 212 for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D) and 22 for someone else. The Hill’s Mychael Schnell reports the next vote is expected tomorrow.

Ahead of the vote, Rep. David Joyce (R-Ohio) said he’d introduce a resolution to formally install McHenry, which would give him more power than he currently has as an appointee.

Several Republican lawmakers have expressed support for the pro tem vote, including Jordan, who said earlier today, “I think we got to decide today, are we gonna have a Republican Speaker … or is the body gonna adopt this resolution with the Speaker Pro Temp.”

Some Democrats have expressed openness to the idea, but only Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) has fully endorsed expanding the Speaker Pro Tem’s powers.

Jeffries said Republicans haven’t approached Democratic leaders about a vote to formally install McHenry in the role.

Follow The Hill’s live blog here.

Former Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), who resigned from the Speakership in 2015 amid threats of ouster from some far-right GOP members, was one of the non-candidates for Speaker that Jim Jordan’s GOP defectors voted for on Wednesday.

As Israel responds to the sweeping attack by Hamas, President Biden cautioned Israel against letting its rage “consume” the nation like he said the U.S. did in the wake of 9/11.

“You can’t look at what has happened here … and not scream out for justice,” Biden said. “Justice must be done. But I caution this: While you feel that rage, don’t be consumed by it. After 9/11 we were enraged in the United States. While we sought justice and got justice, we also made mistakes.”

Biden also announced an agreement to allow humanitarian aid to move from Egypt to Gaza Wednesday. The president then confirmed $100 million in U.S. funding for assistance to more than 1 million Palestinians who have been displaced or otherwise affected by the conflict.

Third quarter campaign finance reports are out from the Federal Election Commission (FEC). We asked some campaign finance experts what they found most noteworthy from the latest presidential campaign finance reports:

📣 “Joe Biden is ramping up spending on the Democratic side and Donald Trump is dominating fundraising in the GOP primary but the former president’s campaign is also spending big money to make that happen.” — Anna Massoglia, Editorial & Investigations Manager at OpenSecrets

📣 “(1) The Tim Scott campaign’s very high burn-rate; Senator Scott transferred over $20 million from his U.S. Senate campaign to his presidential campaign and his presidential campaign has spent down nearly half of that amount thus far. (2) The fact that Nikki Haley’s campaign has nearly as much cash-on-hand as Ron DeSantis’ campaign; it’s looking increasingly likely that Nikki Haley will have the necessary financial resources to run an aggressive campaign through Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.” — Michael Toner, former FEC chairman and former counsel to several Republican presidential campaigns        

📣 “1. The desantis burn rate and fact his fundraising does not match his spending 2. The pence numbers which indicate he has no path[.]” — Steve Elmendorf, Democratic lobbyist and former senior advisor to several Democratic presidential campaigns

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While most people know that a lump is a potential sign of breast cancer, less than half recognize other symptoms, according to a survey from the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. Learn about five other symptoms of breast cancer here.

“A resounding ‘no’ for Jim Jordan” — Max Burns, a veteran Democratic strategist and founder of Third Degree Strategies. (Read here)

“Criticism of House GOP during early days of Israel-Hamas war is misplaced” — Former Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.), a contributor to NewsNation and former director of the Office of Management and Budget, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and acting White House chief of staff. (Read here)

21 days until the third GOP presidential primary debate.

Friday: President Biden welcomes European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for a U.S.-EU Summit. 

For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to The Hill.