BREAKING Texas Republicans helped elect U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as House speaker in the early hours of the morning Saturday after four days of bitter infighting within their party that kept Congress at a historic standstill.
A member-elect of the House of Representatives grabs Mike Rogers, R-Alabama, by the face as Kevin McCarthy walks away. Rogers had approached Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, and members of the House Freedom Caucus after Gaetz voted "present" rather than voting for McCarthy in a late-night 14th round of voting for a new House Speaker on Jan. 6, 2023., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
It wasn’t until a 15th speaker vote that enough members voted to give McCarthy a majority in the chamber and deliver him the gavel. But Republican leaders were determined to win and refused to adjourn for the weekend. In a second vote that stretched past midnight and into Saturday morning, McCarthy won with 216 out of 428 votes.Friday morning
McCarthy is the first speaker election in over a century that required multiple votes. For the first four days, members gathered in the chamber for a monotonous series of roll call votes, often with restless jeering and heckling at each other for keeping each other from starting the House’s business. Without a speaker, members could not be sworn in, consider bills, form committees, help constituents or access sensitive information.
House Freedom Caucus member U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Richmond, took to the House floor Thursday to nominate McCarthy, saying he would be the best person to implement the Freedom Caucus’ deeply conservative agenda. Long before the speaker’s race, McCarthy had been expressing viewpoints to win over the support of the party’s right flank. He signed on to Roy’s promise to block any priorities by Senate Republicans who voted for a bipartisan $1.7 trillion appropriations bill late last year. Senate Republican leadership backed the bill, meaning McCarthy and Roy’s position could tee up major intraparty feuds between the two chambers for the next two years.
“It has become clear to me that a couple of individuals are simply obstructionists, more interested in self-promotion than restoring the Republic,” Self said in a statement after switching his vote for McCarthy.
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