A once in a 100 year event: The House has adjourned without a Speaker..
CNN reporting on the political turmoil:
The new House GOP majority is locked in a chaotic once-in-a-century fight to determine who will serve as the next speaker after Republican Kevin McCarthy failed to secure the necessary support to win in three rounds of voting on Tuesday. The House is now adjourned until Wednesday at noon as Republicans scramble to find a path forward.
McCarthy faces a small but determined contingent of hardline conservatives who are intent on denying him the votes to secure the gavel. The top House Republican has defiantly vowed to stay in the race as he continues his increasingly imperiled bid for speaker. But the longer the fight drags on, the more uncertainty there is over whether he can win. The last time an election for speaker went to multiple ballots was in 1923.
The contentious, drawn out fight threatens to deepen divides among House Republicans 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.
Twenty House Republicans threw their support behind GOP Rep. Jim Jordan, who has repeatedly said he does not want the gavel, and sunk McCarthy’s bid to take the position on the opening day of Congress.
The House adjourned after the third vote until noon on Wednesday, ensuring that for the first time in more than 100 years a Speaker was not chosen in the opening vote.
CNN reporting on the political turmoil:
The new House GOP majority is locked in a chaotic once-in-a-century fight to determine who will serve as the next speaker after Republican Kevin McCarthy failed to secure the necessary support to win in three rounds of voting on Tuesday. The House is now adjourned until Wednesday at noon as Republicans scramble to find a path forward.
McCarthy faces a small but determined contingent of hardline conservatives who are intent on denying him the votes to secure the gavel. The top House Republican has defiantly vowed to stay in the race as he continues his increasingly imperiled bid for speaker. But the longer the fight drags on, the more uncertainty there is over whether he can win. The last time an election for speaker went to multiple ballots was in 1923.
The contentious, drawn out fight threatens to deepen divides among House Republicans 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.
Twenty House Republicans threw their support behind GOP Rep. Jim Jordan, who has repeatedly said he does not want the gavel, and sunk McCarthy’s bid to take the position on the opening day of Congress.
The House adjourned after the third vote until noon on Wednesday, ensuring that for the first time in more than 100 years a Speaker was not chosen in the opening vote.
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