Republican Kevin McCarthy picks up support from right-wing hardliners who had blocked his speakership bid, but not enough to end deepest congressional dysfunction in more than 150 years
Republican rebels and others talk to reporters in Statuary Hall after switching their support for Speaker of House to Kevin McCarthy on fourth day of voting.
The changed votes from conservative holdouts on Friday, including the chairman of the chamber’s Freedom Caucus, put McCarthy closer to seizing the gavel for the new Congress — but not yet able. But six GOP holdouts still cast their ballots for unnominated others, denying him the majority needed.A few minutes before voting began in the House chamber, Republicans tiring of the spectacle walked out when one of McCarthy's most ardent challengers railed against the GOP leader.
Contours of a deal with conservative holdouts who have been blocking McCarthy's rise emerged, but agreement had seemed still out of reach after three dismal days and 13 failed votes in a political spectacle unseen in a century.
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