Kevin McCarthy hopes for deal as US House Speaker fight hits day four Published
The frontrunner, Republican Kevin McCarthy, has so far failed to reach the 218 votes required for election. And there is still no clear sign that any deal will win over enough colleagues to get him over that mark. There have so far been 11 failed votes - a paralysis of government not seen since the pre-Civil War era. The reason for him falling short is a right-wing cohort within his own party refusing to vote for him. Mr McCarthy needs to ease the concerns of enough Republican holdouts - 16 out of 20 - to win him the speakership. This is nearly always a formality in US politics at the start of a Speaker's two-year term following congressional elections.
Kevin McCarthy hopes for deal as US House Speaker fight hits day four
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The frontrunner, Republican Kevin McCarthy, has so far failed to reach the 218 votes required for election.
And there is still no clear sign that any deal will win over enough colleagues to get him over that mark.
There have so far been 11 failed votes - a paralysis of government not seen since the pre-Civil War era.
The reason for him falling short is a right-wing cohort within his own party refusing to vote for him.
Mr McCarthy needs to ease the concerns of enough Republican holdouts - 16 out of 20 - to win him the speakership.
This is nearly always a formality in US politics at the start of a Speaker's two-year term following congressional elections.
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