Democrat lays out plan for 'unity' speaker who isn't Kevin McCarthy

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy so far appears to be short of the 218 votes necessary to take the gavel.

Khanna, who has represented California's 17th District since 2017 and was recently reelected, is from the same state as GOP House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who wants to be the new speaker.

."The American people are desperate for us to come together to solve big issues and ensure that we, not China, lead the 21st century., and someone"more interested in legislating than launching investigations." House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition annual leadership meeting on November 19, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Representative Ro Khanna speaks during Vox Media's 2022 Code Conference Day 2 on September 7, 2022, in Beverly Hills, California. Khanna said he supports a"unity" candidate as the next House speaker, but not McCarthy.

Ohio Republican Representative Dave Joyce, the head of the more moderate Republican Governance Group, told Politico that the Republican conference"cannot handcuff itself to a burning building before we gavel in the 118th Congress." His words followed what was reportedly a contentious closed-door House GOP conference on Tuesday, when representatives including

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