McCarthy fails for 3rd long day in GOP House speaker fight
Pressure mounting, divided Republicans left the speaker's chair of the U.S. House sitting empty for a third day Thursday, as party leader Kevin McCarthy failed anew in an excruciating string of ballots to win enough GOP votes to seize the chamber's gavel.
Despite endless talks, signs of concessions and a public spectacle unlike any other in recent political memory, the path ahead remained highly uncertain. What started as a political novelty, the first time in 100 years a nominee had not won the gavel on the first vote, has devolved into a bitter Republican Party feud and deepening potential crisis.
For the eighth ballot, Republican Brian Mast of Florida, a veteran, appeared to wipe away a tear as nominated McCarthy, and insisted the California Republican was not like past GOP speakers who are derided by conservatives. "The Biden administration is going unchecked and there is no oversight of the White House," Republicans Michael McCaul, Mike Rogers and Mike Turner wrote in a joint statement. "We cannot let personal politics place the safety and security of the United States at risk."Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., the leader of the Freedom Caucus, asserted that McCarthy cannot be trusted, and tweeted his displeasure that negotiations over rules changes and other concessions were being made public.
One of their key asks is to reinstate a rule that would allow a single lawmaker to seek a motion to vacate the chair - essentially to all a House vote to oust the speaker. It's the same rule a previous era of tea party Republicans used to threaten the removal of Boehner, and McCarthy has resisted reinstating it.
In fact, McCarthy saw his support slipping to 201, as one fellow Republican switched to vote simply present.
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