Kevin McCarthy

Republican leader goes into high-stakes vote as potentially first nominee in 100 years without sufficient support to win.

“I’m a Florida man, and I know of what I speak.” “Kevin McCarthy had an opportunity to be speaker of the House. “Our conference needs to recess and huddle and find someone or work out the next steps … Scott Perry, the Freedom Caucus chair, reiterated his opposition on Tuesday and accused McCarthy of failing to work in good faith with his group. But McCarthy actually lost support on the third ballot. [first nominee for speaker in 100 years](https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-house-of-representatives-kentucky-kevin-mccarthy-e177c4405ef9b8a7b38641a15855764c) to fail to win the first vote for the gavel. In the first vote, a third nomination was put forward by the Arizona congressman Paul Gosar, a far-right Republican who offered his fellow Arizonan, Andy Biggs, as a conservative alternative. “The reality is … “We may have a battle on the floor,” McCarthy told reporters. “No one in this body has worked harder for this Republican majority than Kevin McCarthy,” Stefanik said. McCarthy suggested he was comfortable breaking the record for the longest speakership election in history, which In the third vote McCarthy lost one more supporter, intensifying concerns that he would fail to unite his caucus.

It all depends on whether Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the GOP House leader, can lock down the final votes he needs to become speaker. As of ...

The most contentious of these involves what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. No speaker vote has gone to a second ballot for a century, leaving no modern precedent for what happens if McCarthy does not get the support of 218 members. He has desperately tried to placate the five most ardent holdouts—a quintet that includes the Trump loyalist Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida—with concessions that would empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker. McCarthy has said he will not drop out after the first ballot, effectively hoping to wear down his GOP opposition or cut deals that will secure him the votes he needs. So for the moment, the functioning of the legislative branch depends on McCarthy’s ability to wrangle votes. It all depends on whether Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the GOP House leader, can lock down the final votes he needs to become speaker.

A protracted speaker election could undermine House Republican hopes of moving forward on investigations into Democratic President Joe Biden's ...

Despite being in the minority in the Senate, where Democrats hold a slim 51-49 majority, McConnell could prove to be a viable partner as Biden seeks bipartisan victories in the new era of divided government. A new generation of Trump-aligned Republicans led the opposition to McCarthy. Lawmakers convened in a new era of divided government as Democrats relinquish control of the House after midterm election losses. In the second, it was 203 for McCarthy and 19 for Jordan. Pete Aguilar of California, the third-ranking Democrat, in nominating his colleague. House speaker Tuesday, the Republicans adjourned for the day in disarray as the party tries to regroup from his a historic defeat after a long, messy start for the new [Congress](https://globalnews.ca/tag/congress). Earlier, he strode into the chamber, posed for photos, and received a standing ovation from many on his side of the aisle after being nominated by the third-ranking Republican, Rep. McCarthy had pledged a “battle on the floor” for as long as it took to overcome right-flank fellow Republicans who were refusing to give him their votes. The mood was tense, at least on the Republican side, as lawmakers rose from their seats, in lengthy in-person voting. But on the first vote a challenge was quickly raised by Rep. “The American people are watching, and it’s a good thing,” said Rep. A new generation of conservative Republicans, many aligned with Donald Trump’s MAGA agenda, want to upend business as usual in Washington, and were committed to stop McCarthy’s rise without concessions to their priorities.

Republican becomes first majority party leader in a century to fall short in early ballot.

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A monthslong lobbying effort has failed to yield the breakthrough the California Republican would need to cement the top job, threatening a messy floor ...

Mr. Rogers of Alabama, who is set to lead the Armed Services Committee, declared during the meeting that those who opposed Mr. The closing argument appeared to further enrage Mr. The day began inauspiciously for Mr. “We’re not going to back down until we get in a room and we decide how we’ll be able to stand up and fight for the American people no matter who the speaker is,” Representative Chip Roy of Texas, one of the ringleaders of the opposition against Mr. While he was seen occasionally ducking off the floor, he largely remained in his seat and did not appear to haggle with the group of rebels between votes, though some of his allies could be seen huddling with members of Mr. A quintet of Mr. Voting for Mr. The failed votes showed publicly the extent of the opposition Mr. The result was that what was supposed to be a day of jubilation for Republicans instead devolved into a chaotic display of disunity within the party. On Tuesday, right-wing Republicans coalesced behind Representative Jim Jordan, a founding member of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus, as an alternative to Mr. The mutiny, waged by ultraconservative lawmakers who for weeks have held fast to their vow to oppose Mr.

The House minority leader fell short on the first vote to confirm his speakership. But even if he ultimately takes the gavel, he's made concessions that ...

He also doesn’t seem to care about the disorder in his party, as long as he gets to [take the gavel](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/11/kevin-mccarthy-record-nancy-pelosi-democrats-passed-landmark-legislation) from Nancy Pelosi. [“Commitment to America” agenda](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/kevin-mccarthy-commitment-to-america-agenda) he released in September. Even before a vote was cast, McCarthy began [working out of the speaker’s office](https://twitter.com/AllieRaffa/status/1609980539569684488)—a symbol, to some critics in his party, that he feels entitled to power. “Kevin McCarthy had the opportunity to be Speaker of the House,” House Freedom Caucus Chair and strident Donald Trump ally Scott Perry said in a [statement](https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1610262355920683009?s=20&t=WlefqZJtt1n8zIF1H4RfPg) Tuesday, calling his colleague's overtures “vague.” “He rejected it.” [told reporters](https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1610304644885913604) after the GOP conference meeting Tuesday. In his desperation to get the gavel, McCarthy has appeared to make a series of extraordinary concessions to the hard right flank of the House GOP. [11th-hour scramble](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/01/republican-house-kevin-mccarthy-speaker) to secure enough votes from his party—an embarrassing predicament for a man who had been leading the GOP minority. When he was up for the speakership in 2015, he was forced to drop his bid after comments acknowledging the political nature of the Benghazi probe into Hillary Clinton. On Tuesday, as the math got worse for McCarthy in the hours before lawmakers cast votes, he raged at his conference opponents in a closed door meeting: “I earned this job,” he [told](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/03/mccarthy-speaker-house-vote-00076047) Republicans, per Politico. That same fringe has now successfully blocked him from a first ballot victory, and he can only hope that some change their minds after losing his first ballot—or that enough vote present to lower the threshold for victory. The holdouts aren’t exactly negotiating in good faith, as Boebert claimed, and they do seem to be enjoying themselves, contrary to what Gaetz said. Following some fighting, cursing, and speechifying over the course of three separate votes, Kevin McCarthy failed to hit the 218 Republican votes needed to win the top House post, prompting the House to adjourn for any more ballots until Wednesday afternoon.

Kevin McCarthy, the prospective House speaker, appears to be short of the votes he need to unite Republicans. Here are live updates on Tuesday's voting, ...

The math indicates that if as many as 11 Republicans vote “present,” McCarthy won’t get his majority, and the Speaker’s election will go to a second ballot, which will occur right away. (The name most often heard is House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, who is loyally backing McCarthy.) For his part, McCarthy has indicated he will doggedly pursue his own election through subsequent ballots until the opposition crumbles; dealmaking is likely to go on behind the scenes as long as the balloting continues. But conservative extremists in the House Freedom Caucus are now trying either to defeat McCarthy or to shake him down for [reports](https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1610290177682841601) that Alabama representative Mike Rogers told the caucus that anyone who does not vote for McCarthy will not get a committee seat for the next two years. He has already [made a number of them](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3795223-mccarthy-offers-concessions-to-detractors-with-house-rules-package/). McCarthy lost 19 Republican votes in the count. If an anti-McCarthy GOP House member voted “present,” it would have taken ten votes to sink him in the first round of voting. There’s now talk of an adjournment (there are still a fair number of children on the floor who are probably getting hungry and grouchy), though Team McCarthy has resisted that option up until now out of fear that additional time will allow his foes to plot. Many Democrats enjoyed their front-row seats to the disarray, cheering for Nancy Pelosi as she voted for Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker: But in the first round of voting on Monday, he lost the votes of 19 Republicans — when he could afford to lose just four defectors. Thanks to an [underwhelming midterm](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/democratic-strategy-won-2022-midterm-elections-senate-house.html) for his party, the long-standing GOP leader in the House must unite a [cantankerous bunch](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/12/the-mtg-boebert-feud-is-fueled-by-diverging-political-paths.html) to get enough votes to become [Speaker](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/12/will-mccarthy-face-the-loss-of-his-speakership-every-day.html). He lost the second and third rounds early on in the voting as well.

U.S. Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy failed in two rounds of voting to become House Speaker on Tuesday, a historic defeat with no clear way out, ...

Lawmakers convened in a new era of divided government as Democrats relinquish control of the House after midterm election losses. McCarthy emerged from a contentious closed-door meeting with fellow House Republicans unable to win over detractors and lacking the support needed to become Speaker. In fact, the Republicans last controlled the House in 2018.Jan 03, 2023 6:02 PM ET In the third round, Jeffries remained at 212 votes, McCarthy received 202 and Jordan increased his vote to 20. Every nominee in the last 100 years has succeeded on the first ballot. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the first Black person to lead a major American political party. Elise Stefanik, who said the Californian from Bakersfield "has what it takes" to lead House Republicans. McCarthy had pledged a "battle on the floor" for as long as it took to overcome right-flank fellow Republicans who were refusing to give him their votes. Without a Speaker, the House cannot fully form — naming its committee chairs, engaging in floor proceedings and launching the investigations of U.S. Unable to elect Republican leader Kevin McCarthy as the new U.S. Steve Scalise, in a rousing speech urging his colleagues to drop their protest. Needing 218 votes in the full House, McCarthy got just 203 in two rounds — fewer even than Democrat Hakeem Jeffries in the Republican-controlled chamber.

Ce dernier deviendra alors le troisième personnage de l'État américain après le président Joe Biden et la vice-présidente Kamala Harris. Publié à 5h00. Partager.

La procureure du comté de Nassau, à Long Island, a annoncé la semaine dernière l’ouverture d’une enquête sur les « inventions et incohérences » de George Santos, qui « ne sont rien moins que stupéfiantes ». En échange de son appui, elle réclame notamment au représentant de Californie qu’il autorise le recours à une règle ancienne permettant à tout représentant de forcer la tenue d’un vote pour démettre de ses fonctions le président de la Chambre. Comme Matt Gaetz, les quatre autres représentants ayant promis de ne pas voter pour Kevin McCarthy appartiennent au Freedom Caucus, qui réunit les élus les plus conservateurs ou extrémistes de la Chambre. Il jouit notamment de l’appui de Donald Trump et de deux représentants influents chez les plus conservateurs au sein du groupe républicain, Jim Jordan (Ohio) et Marjorie Taylor Greene (Géorgie). L’un des rebelles, le représentant républicain de Floride Matt Gaetz, a fait une prédiction dans une tribune publiée le 21 décembre dernier sur le site d’informations conservateur The Daily Caller : « L’élection [du président de la Chambre] nécessitera plusieurs scrutins et peut-être plusieurs jours. Ce dernier deviendra alors le troisième personnage de l’État américain après le président Joe Biden et la vice-présidente Kamala Harris.

Republican Kevin McCarthy has lost two rounds of voting to become the next Speaker of the House of Representatives, the first time a nominee has been ...

In the third round, Mr Jordan's tally actually increased to 20 raising the question. But Mr McCarthy has faced opposition from hard-right members of his own party ever since Republicans secured control of the House in last November's midterm elections. Mr Biggs received 10 votes in the first round, while nine Republicans backed other candidates. Summing up the frustration with Mr McCarthy, popular right-wing cable news personality Tucker Carlson said: "McCarthy is not especially conservative. In each of the first two rounds he secured only 203 votes - and in the third round an extra Republican turned against him. It took nine ballots and several days to select a Speaker.

Depuis son arrivée à Washington, en 2007, Kevin McCarthy rêve d'accéder à la présidence de la Chambre des représentants. En 2015, il a dû retirer sa ...

Leur comportement bordélique et chaotique est une victoire en soi pour les démocrates, qui ont pourtant perdu leur majorité lors des élections de mi-mandat. Mais son rêve est en train de se transformer en cauchemar humiliant orchestré par des républicains encore plus conservateurs que ceux de 2015. Depuis son arrivée à Washington, en 2007, Kevin McCarthy rêve d’accéder à la présidence de la Chambre des représentants.

Grand favori pour remplacer Nancy Pelosi, le quinquagénaire n'a pas su calmer la fronde émanant d'un groupe de trumpistes ne le jugeant pas assez conservateur – ...

Mais il ne peut pas se permettre d'aller trop loin et de s'aliéner les républicains modérés. ou de plusieurs semaines : en 1856, les élus du Congrès ne s'étaient accordés qu'au bout de deux mois et 133 tours. Mais le lancement de telles hostilités est paralysé par ces querelles internes : les élus de la Chambre des représentants ne peuvent pas officiellement prêter serment, et donc ouvrir quelconque investigation, tant qu'un président n'est pas désigné. Un seuil que Kevin McCarthy ne parvenait pas à atteindre, une vingtaine d'élus trumpistes ayant décidé de jouer les trouble-fête. Les radicaux "trumpistes" du Parti républicain se sont rebellés, provoquant une tourmente interne au moment même où le parti prend le contrôle de la chambre basse du Congrès américain. Les élus se sont accordés pour suspendre leurs votes jusqu'à mercredi matin - le temps de négocier en coulisses.

Avec 222 élus républicains, Kevin McCarthy ne pouvait perdre que 4 voix. Mais 19 l'ont défié au 1er tour, votant pour le candidat de l'aile droite du parti, ...

Il a fait de multiples concessions, notamment en promettant qu’il n’y aurait pas de « chèque en blanc » à l’Ukraine et qu’une commission parlementaire enquêterait sur Hunter Biden. Le patron de la majorité républicaine, Steve Scalise, a bien tenté de sortir le fouet, en vain. La séance a été levée et les tractations ont repris en coulisses, avant un 4e tour prévu mercredi midi.

Le républicain Kevin McCarthy a échoué lors de trois tours de vote, une première en 100 ans au Congrès.

Les élus de la Chambre avaient alors mis plus de deux mois et 133 tours pour choisir leur président. Les républicains se sont emparés d'une courte majorité à la Chambre basse du Congrès en remportant 222 sièges lors des élections de mi-mandat, en novembre dernier. Il avait notamment promis de faciliter la procédure pour renverser le titulaire du poste de président. Jeffries ne peut pas espérer récolter les voix nécessaires pour l'emporter, les démocrates étant minoritaires à la Chambre des représentants. McCarthy, leader de la minorité républicaine lors de la dernière session. Le principal candidat républicain a ainsi été devancé à trois reprises par le représentant démocrate de l'État de New York, Hakeem Jeffries, qui a obtenu l'appui en bloc des 212 élus démocrates.

California Rep. Kevin McCarthy's bid to become speaker of the House of Representatives is in real danger.

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Malgré trois tours, le candidat favori, le républicain Kevin McCarthy, n'est pas parvenu à aplanir les tensions dans son camp pour rassembler les voix ...

L’élection du speaker sert donc aussi à mesurer la capacité de nuisance des républicains pour la Maison Blanche. En cas de paralysie législative, il rejettera sans aucun doute la faute du blocage sur des républicains fragilisés, espérant ainsi tourner la situation à son avantage. Il faudrait pour cela qu’ils arrivent à faire bloc, alors que certains de leurs élus ont – comme lors du vote du budget avant Noël – voté avec les démocrates. Avec les républicains majoritaires à la Chambre, Joe Biden et les démocrates ne pourront pas faire passer de nouveaux grands projets. Kevin McCarthy, qui dirige depuis 2014 son groupe à la chambre basse du Congrès, est resté ferme face aux oppositions au sein de son parti. Les élus de la Chambre américaine des représentants ont clos, mardi 3 janvier, leur séance sans parvenir à élire leur speaker.

After it became clear that math had defeated him once more, the congressman could be heard muttering to himself, “Numbers . . . my old enemy.”

. . “Numbers . According to a source close to the congressman, failing math brought back “terrible memories” for McCarthy.

His failure to secure the speakership in the first round of votes will result in a chaotic balloting process that hasn't been seen in over a century.

[something akin to destined](https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1610289198946484224) for the position, has long been in the making. If McCarthy still fails to get the 218 votes to win the speakership and eventually bails on the whole thing, we could see the The party’s more extremist characters, folks like Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), have been clamoring for more concessions; many have openly questioned McCarthy’s effectiveness after a historically dismal performance in the recent midterm elections. McCarthy also said opponents came to him with “personal asks” last night. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) failed to lock down the votes to become House speaker. The 118th Congress opened on Tuesday, a historically staid, even boring event that descended into chaos after Rep.

The G.O.P. has gone from being a disciplined party of limited government to a party of anti-government protest to, now, a party of performative verbiage.

has gone from being a ruthless and disciplined party of limited government and trickle-down economics to a party of anti-government protest to, now, a party of performative verbiage—in which the likes of Gaetz and Boebert (and, of course, Trump) are far more interested in boosting their follower count, raising money, and appearing on “The Sean Hannity Show” or Newsmax than they are in governance. The irony is that McCarthy had already prostrated himself before the ultras, offering them a series of rule changes, one of which would allow just five representatives to force a vote on ousting the Speaker. Gaetz, in his speech nominating Jordan, described McCarthy as an inveterate swamp creature who “had sold shares of himself for a decade” to get the job of Speaker. Even as McCarthy told reporters that he had no intention of dropping out, it wasn’t evident what good a delay would do. It is the essence of a revolution, especially one staged for social media and Fox News, that the revolutionaries cannot be bought off by members of the corrupt establishment. [Kevin McCarthy](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/12/26/what-kevin-mccarthy-will-do-to-gain-power), the California Republican who had been confidently predicting a victory despite steadfast opposition from some of the ultra wingnuts in the G.O.P. He must have thought that it would be more rewarding to spend the next two years going after the F.B.I., the Justice Department, and Hunter Biden than trying to deal with the likes of Gaetz, Lauren Boebert, and Andy Biggs—the outgoing head of the Freedom Caucus, who stood against McCarthy in the first ballot on Monday. Until Monday, the most embarrassing moment of McCarthy’s career was when, three weeks after [January 6th](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/25/among-the-insurrectionists), he hightailed it down to Mar-a-Lago to pay homage to the disgraced instigator of a failed autogolpe. Having secured the position he wants as chair of the Judiciary Committee, the Ohioan was evidently content to support McCarthy for Speaker rather than pursue the top office himself. Not in a hundred years had it been such fun to be in the new minority party. “I’ve got my popcorn ready,” she joked on Twitter, where she also posted a picture of herself just outside the Speaker’s lobby. Robin Kelly, the Democratic representative of Illinois’s Second District, had the right idea when she headed into the House chamber early Tuesday afternoon.

Republican rebels defeated party leader Kevin McCarthy three times. Can he still find a way to win?

One suggestion verged on fantasy (five Republicans decide to vote for Mr Jeffries, a Democrat, and deliver him control of the House). "Kevin McCarthy has not made friends with certain segments of the caucus for a while, he's made a lot of enemies," said one Republican lobbyist, who requested anonymity to speak frankly about Tuesday's vote. The other Republican lobbyist, however, believed there was "no path to victory, at all, period." Mr McCarthy entered into negotiations with his detractors - who see him as too mainstream and power hungry - offering concessions to try to win their vote. That allowed a group of hardline conservatives to band together to oppose his nomination. Instead, Mr McCarthy faced a rebellion from within his own ranks and made history for all the wrong reasons.

Failing to elect party leader Kevin McCarthy as the new speaker of the U.S. House, Republicans adjourned in disarray Tuesday night, ending a raucous first ...

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Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said late Tuesday there's no scenario in which he'll drop his bid to become U.S. House speaker despite failing to win ...

The 12-year-old from Hillsborough, N.B., made a clever sign to get several mementos during the 2023 World Junior Hockey Championship games in Moncton, N.B. Facebook's parent company Meta is considering whether to allow former U.S. [Health](https://www.ctvnews.ca/health) ['Too early' to tell if new Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 spreading across U.S. [World](https://www.ctvnews.ca/world) [McCarthy vows to stay in U.S. The two men are expected to appear together Wednesday in the GOP leader's home state of Kentucky to celebrate federal infrastructure investment in a vital bridge that connects Kentucky and Ohio. Pete Aguilar of California, the third-ranking Democrat, in nominating his colleague. A new generation of Trump-aligned Republicans led the opposition to McCarthy, believing he's neither conservative enough nor tough enough to battle Democrats. The mood was tense, at least on the Republican side, as lawmakers rose from their seats, in lengthy in-person voting. "The American people are watching, and it's a good thing," said Rep. Tensions flared among the new House majority, and all other business came to a halt. McCarthy promised to fight to the finish — encouraged, he said, by a phone call from Donald Trump — despite a highly uncertain path ahead amid opposition from the chamber's most conservative members. Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said late Tuesday there's no scenario in which he'll drop his bid to become U.S.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) talks to reporters during a news conference following a GOP caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center Feb.

In the run up to the speaker vote, McCarthy tried everything. That appeared to have the reverse effect of what he and his allies were intending. Trump maintained his power with the base and endorsed scores of candidates in the 2022 midterms. The pair were able to use each other – Trump for normalizing what he did Jan. The ostensible reason for the GOP-led Benghazi investigation was to find out what happened in an attack on an American embassy in Libya, where four people died – not to hurt Clinton. With just a four-seat majority, how can they govern if they're going through all this just to pick a leader? In 2010, Republicans rode the Tea Party wave to win control of the House, but the cost was steep. He seemed willing to do a lot of things to get the job, including burrowing into former President Trump's good graces. Fights over raising the debt ceiling – something that had been routine and protected U.S. How this gets resolved is an open question – either McCarthy somehow wins over the hard-right members who are steadfastly holding out against him or he bows out, clearing the way for someone else. It's an untenable position for the country. Jim Jordan for speaker before a second round of voting Tuesday.

Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said late Tuesday there's no scenario in which he'll drop his bid to become U.S. House speaker despite failing to win ...

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House adjourned until noon today as McCarthy becomes the first nominee for speaker in 100 years to fail to win the first vote. Plus, the truth behind 10 of ...

You drink a lot of water in Antarctica because it is so dry, which means going to the toilet in the middle of the night and getting out of bed to walk through a corridor with the sunlight streaming in at 2am. [heavier, potato-shaped stones can achieve more dramatic results](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/04/potato-shaped-stones-are-better-for-skimming-say-experts), which blast the rock into the air. In summer, the strangest thing to get used to is the 24 hours of sun. Intense scrutiny has been applied to his claims about his education and career in business and to elements of his personal story, including his supposed descent from Holocaust survivors and a claim that his mother died as a result of the 9/11 attacks. I thought the weather was going to be brutal all the time – I didn’t think there would be days where I could walk out in a T-shirt and a hoodie. The group, which is acknowledged as a religion by the US government, has seven fundamental tenets, one of which states: “One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.” With lawsuits filed in Indiana, Idaho, Texas and Missouri, the Satanic Temple is about to find out whether US courts agree. The Republican opposition to McCarthy has been led by members of the House Freedom Caucus, a hard-right group that has pushed for changes to chamber rules. Now a minority religion is fighting for the right to abortion. He had acknowledged he was unlikely to win on the first ballot, setting the stage for a potentially lengthy delay before new members of the House could be sworn in. Scott Perry, the Freedom Caucus chair, reiterated his opposition yesterday and accused McCarthy of failing to work in good faith with his group. In the first two ballots to decide the next speaker, 19 Republicans opposed McCarthy, leaving him 15 votes short of the 218 needed to win.

House Republicans will open the second day of the new Congress much like the first - with leader Kevin McCarthy trying to become House speaker.

“Everything’s on the table,” said ally Rep. That is not on the table.” “There’s a lot of members in the chamber who want to have serious conversations about how we can bring this all to a close and elect a speaker.” “So I think the message from home is, `Hey, sort this stuff out, we don’t have time for the small stuff and the egos.”’ “At the end of the day, we’ll be able to get there.” He has been here before, having bowed out of the speakers race in 2015 when he failed to win over conservatives. Lauren Boebert, a firm Colorado conservative who nominated Donalds the second time, called on the former president to tell McCarthy, “`Sir, you do not have the votes and it’s time to withdraw.” It was the first time in 100 years that a nominee for House speaker could not take the gavel on the first vote, but McCarthy appeared undeterred. “I do think members on both sides of this are getting a lot of pressure now,” said Rep. “I think people need to work a little more,” McCarthy said. They were due back in the evening, but McCarthy wanted to take a break until Thursday. No progress at all was evident though the day of vote-after-vote-after vote as Republicans tried to elevate McCarthy into the top job.

Republican hostage-takers know how the system works. Andy Biggs, Matt Gaetz, Paul Gosar and other House Republicans conversing in the ...

Is it possible that a different minority — the ever-shrinking band of genuinely moderate Republicans — will join the Democrats to elect a speaker of their own? (It’s unlikely, of course, and the lesson of what happened to pro-impeachment House Republicans does not suggest a happy ending for this tactic). We don’t know yet whether the current smash up in the House will cause an aggrieved majority of House Republicans to finally say “enough” to the rebels, who are surely eager to cause more mayhem after this episode. Did it matter that the overwhelming majority of them wanted to hand McCarthy the speaker’s gavel? Did it matter that the great majority of House Republicans did not embrace these demands? It’s supposed to be a contrast to the Senate, which is laden with protection against the unruly mob.

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After the adjournment, members left for meetings that many hoped would break the stalemate in time for the House to reconvene today at noon. “I think everybody goes in their corner and talks,” Representative Ken Buck of Colorado, a conservative who voted for McCarthy, told reporters. But when Representative Tom Cole of Oklahoma, a McCarthy ally, made a motion to adjourn before the fourth vote could be taken, no one put up a fight. “Jeffries, Jeffries, Jeffries!” now-former Speaker Nancy Pelosi exclaimed in the fourth hour of voting. As the third ballot dragged on, a few Republicans seemed on the verge of nodding off, and others grew chippy. Democrats, the party that voters had relegated to the minority, were giddy and celebratory. “Let the show begin!” one exclaimed after the House formally convened. But it also “emboldened the other side,” Representative Pete Sessions of Texas told reporters before the votes. When the chamber adjourned for the day at about 5:30 p.m., McCarthy had already left the floor, his latest bid for speaker thwarted at least momentarily, and perhaps for good. “The world is watching.” He pointed out that the Republican whom all 19 of his detractors had backed on the second ballot, Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio, didn’t even want the speaker’s job and was supporting him. Shortly before 4 p.m.yesterday, Kevin McCarthy, the man who desperately wanted to be House speaker, had just suffered two brutally public rejections in a row.