(The Center Square) – Republican lawmakers remained divided Thursday, voting a seventh, eighth, ninth, 10th and 11th time for a Speaker of the House with no one getting the needed 218 votes to secure the spot.

After Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California lost three votes for speaker, and with no solution in sight, the House adjourned until noon Wednesday when bickering Republicans will try again to make peace with themselves. President Biden, by that time, will be hundreds of miles away.

(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., failed for a sixth time Wednesday afternoon to secure the needed 218 votes to become the next Speaker of the House. After the vote, the House adjourned and is expected to return later tonight.

(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., failed a fourth and fifth time in two days to win his bid to serve as Speaker of the House Wednesday as Republicans remain divided and the position remains unfilled.

(The Center Square) – California Republican Kevin McCarthy and his fellow lawmakers return to the U.S. capitol Wednesday to attempt to elect a House speaker a day after three rounds of voting failed to produce a victor.

(The Center Square) – Lawmakers return to the Capitol Wednesday a day after California Republican Kevin McCarthy failed to get enough support in the first three votes as his bid for Speaker of the House struggles to cross the finish line.

WASHINGTON — Republican control of the U.S. House got off to a rocky start Tuesday when the party was unable to quickly decide who should become speaker amid a sharp disagreement within the party’s more conservative faction. California Rep. Kevin McCarthy didn’t clinch the backing of the 218 lawmakers he needed to become the head […]

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(The Center Square) – California Republican Kevin McCarthy failed Tuesday afternoon to garnered enough support in the first vote to lead the slim Republican majority in the House of Representatives.