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Expecting win, McCarthy comes up short again in late-night vote - Roll Call

Republican Kevin McCarthy continued to be stymied in his bid to become House speaker by opponents in his own party.

Roll Call

McCarthy falls short again, but says he has the votes to win

WASHINGTON — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California told reporters Friday that he has the votes to be elected speaker, promising an end to a historic stalemate that has paralyzed Congress all week.

Los Angeles Times

Cameras Should Stay in Place After the House Picks a Speaker

C-SPAN has shown House proceedings since 1979 but only what the House chooses to let it show. That needs to change.

Reason

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How a small group of Republicans nicknamed the 'Never Kevins' nearly scuttled Kevin McCarthy's career and caused days of chaos

Kevin McCarthy spent years tying himself into political knots to win over the right-wing fringe of the Republican Party, only to watch his dreams nearly unravel over four chaotic days.

ABC News

McCarthy makes gains but falls short on 12th and 13th speaker votes

WASHINGTON — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Friday failed in his 13th attempt to succeed Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as speaker but edged closer to finally clinching the gavel as he flipped a 15th vote his way Friday.

Los Angeles Times

House speaker vote: McCarthy thanks Trump for final votes as fight nearly breaks out on floor

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The Independent UK

Gaetz's threat to "resign" backfires

“If Democrats join up to elect a moderate Republican, I will resign from the House," Gaetz declared on Fox News

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Kevin McCarthy fails again in 14th ballot for US House speaker

Several dissenters, who previously opposed the Republican leader, voted for McCarthy but it was still not enough.

Al Jazeera

Former Trump Cabinet secretary says GOP ‘ignoring him’ as influence wanes

The former president has thus far failed to rally his party around a new Speaker of the House

The Independent UK

Former Trump aide and congressman-elect eviscerates ‘self-serving’ Matt Gaetz for ‘political stunt’

Ohio congressman-elect Max Miller slammed Florida rep for putting himself before American people

The Independent UK

US politics in crisis as historic 11th vote is lost to elect Republican House Speaker

The political stalemate has dragged on as the Republicans fail to unite around Kevin McCarthy as a number of far-right lawmakers demand changes to policy and even to weaken the Speaker's power

Daily Mirror

Photos of the week: Historic speaker election - Roll Call

CQ Roll Call’s photojournalists have documented this week’s historic stalemate to elect a speaker of the House.

Roll Call

Will it even matter if McCarthy wins?

Two years after the Capitol riot, another group of right wing extremists are attempting a takeover — from within

Salon

McCarthy buys time as he tries to lock down speaker votes - Roll Call

Kevin McCarthy was three votes shy of securing the speaker’s gavel on Friday afternoon after flipping 14 of 20 Republicans.

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The Independent UK

‘The fever’s got to break’: When will there be a House speaker?

Members-elect from across GOP agree there’s no plan how to get past impasse and future looks uncertain

The Independent UK

Kevin McCarthy offers deal to end House speaker standoff with ‘Taliban 20’ GOP colleagues

The contours of a deal that could make Republican leader Kevin McCarthy the House speaker have begun to emerge

The Independent UK

Is this the longest-ever House speaker vote? A brief history of races for the gavel

If you thought Kevin McCarthy was having a hard time of it, spare a moment for Nathaniel Prentice Banks and the 34th Congress

The Independent UK

Who are the ‘Taliban 20’ paralysing Kevin McCarthy in the House speaker vote?

Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene are among the 20 GOP lawmakers given an unflattering nickname

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The Independent UK

Matt Gaetz trolled over resignation threat amid House speaker chaos: ‘Do you promise?’

Gaetz made the chaos around the House speaker vote yet more farcical on Thursday when he decided to cast his vote for Donald Trump

The Independent UK

Trump posts joke picture of himself as Speaker after Matt Gaetz nominated him

One-time president seen in photo on speaker’s chair with his tongue out

The Independent UK

Congresswoman evokes ‘day 3 vibes’ and carries her dog to House floor as Speaker crisis drags on

Mace posts short video of her dog frantically running around her office

Zenger

McCarthy Attempts To Cut A Deal While Dissenters Nominate Trump, Hern For House Speaker

The House of Representatives has yet to pick a speaker over the span of three days and 11-straight voting sessions

The Independent UK

McCarthy offers deal to end standoff in House speaker fight

The contours of a deal that could make Republican leader Kevin McCarthy the House speaker have begun to emerge

France 24

Still without a 'speaker', US Congress remains paralysed

For a long and frustrating third day, divided Republicans kept the speaker’s chair of the US House sitting empty Thursday, as party leader Kevin McCarthy failed again and again in an excruciating string of ballots to win enough GOP votes to seize the chamber’s gavel.

Los Angeles Times

House adjourns for night after Kevin McCarthy amasses 11 speaker vote losses

WASHINGTON — The House adjourned Thursday with Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California still in search of more than a dozen elusive votes to become speaker.

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