Republican debates over House Majority Speaker Kevin McCarthy led to three failed votes for speaker on Tuesday and marked the first failed vote since 1923.
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"I'm not going anywhere," McCarthy told reporters ahead of the first vote."We did have an intense conference, and it's intense for a purpose." But Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., was nominated as an alternative Republican candidate to McCarthy in the first round, which followed his challenge to McCarthy in a GOP conference meeting late last year.
Jordan nominated McCarthy in the second round in a show of solidarity. But Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., then nominated Jordan.isn’t someone who wants it so bad," Gaetz said."Maybe the right person for the job of speaker of the House isn’t someone who has sold shares of himself for more than a decade to get it."Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., nominated McCarthy in the third round of votes, but the result was slightly worse for McCarthy. Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla.
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