After Republicans failed three times to unite behind a House speaker candidate, lawmakers decide to adjourn until tomorrow
The new House GOP majority is locked in a once-in-a-century fight while McCarthy has defiantly vowed to stay in the race as he continues his increasingly imperiled bid for speaker. The last time an election for speaker went to multiple ballots was in 1923.
The latest on the new Congress and House speaker vote The new House Republican majority is now engaged in a contentious, drawn-out fight that threatens to deepen divides within the party with McCarthy’s political career on the line. And the deal-making McCarthy has engaged in to try to win over critics may mean he has a weaker hand to play in his position of authority if he does become speaker.
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