Kevin McCarthy

Republican Kevin McCarthy has lost two rounds of voting to become the next Speaker of the House of Representatives, the first time a nominee has been ...

In the third round, Mr Jordan's tally actually increased to 20 raising the question. But Mr McCarthy has faced opposition from hard-right members of his own party ever since Republicans secured control of the House in last November's midterm elections. Mr Biggs received 10 votes in the first round, while nine Republicans backed other candidates. Summing up the frustration with Mr McCarthy, popular right-wing cable news personality Tucker Carlson said: "McCarthy is not especially conservative. In each of the first two rounds he secured only 203 votes - and in the third round an extra Republican turned against him. It took nine ballots and several days to select a Speaker.

The three votes were a stunning political rebuke to the California Republican, who had spent much of the past year courting hard-line conservatives in the House ...

In the first time in a century, the party in power failed to elect a Speaker of the House during the first round of voting.

A group of five hard-right lawmakers, most of whom are part of the House Freedom Caucus, have made their antipathy to a McCarthy speakership known for months. It’s a scenario that reflects the fragility of the fractured Republican governing coalition positioned to take the reins of the House. “Maybe the right person for the job of Speaker of the House isn’t someone who wants it so bad,” Gaetz proposed to his colleagues. With Republicans still scrambling to resolve the stalemate, there appears to be no end in sight. McCarthy, in their view, has been too willing to work with Democrats in the past and has contributed to a bloated federal government. “I think ultimately the other side is going to break down and say, ‘We’ve lost, we don’t have the votes, and we have nobody to offer that has any ability to get near the votes.’” Matt Gaetz of Florida nominated Jordan for Speaker on the second round of voting, right after Jordan nominated McCarthy. There could be many more rounds of voting to come, and the House plans to hold the fourth round on Wednesday. “If they can’t caucus themselves, how are they going to govern the caucus and do what’s necessary for this country?” On Sunday, for instance, he released a resolution that changed the House rules to give more leverage to his defiant detractors, allowing just five members the ability to oust the Speaker. Hakeem Jeffries of New York](https://time.com/6243296/hakeem-jeffries-first-congress/), garnered more votes than his GOP counterpart, leaving open [the possibility](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/01/02/house-speaker-vote-explained/10912271002/) that the leader of the minority party could win the speakership on a plurality vote if Republicans cannot reach a consensus. The internecine drama unfolded on the House floor despite McCarthy spending the holiday weekend capitulating to his party’s defectors on multiple fronts.

After it became clear that math had defeated him once more, the congressman could be heard muttering to himself, “Numbers . . . my old enemy.”

. . “Numbers . According to a source close to the congressman, failing math brought back “terrible memories” for McCarthy.

Rebellion in party ranks sees 19 Republicans vote for other candidates.

Mr McCarthy at the weekend made a series of concessions to his right-wing critics in a bid to secure their support before the vote for speaker on Tuesday. However, a group of right-wing Republican members had vowed not to support Mr McCarthy for the position. Mr Biggs secured 10 votes.

Republicans take control of the House on Tuesday. The first vote is to elect a new House speaker but Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., still doesn't have the ...

Scalise, who is in line to serve as House majority leader, released an agenda for the first two weeks of January. There is potential for the process to drag out for hours or even days if McCarthy is unable to convince some of the holdouts to back him. But nothing else can happen in the House of Representatives until a speaker is elected. While McCarthy agreed to some of their requests, McCarthy still rejected other demands, like bringing a bill to the floor to impose term limits for representatives. "Today, for the first time in 100 years, the House of Representatives failed to organize on opening day. He cited the letter, which states "the times call for a radical departure of the status quo — not a continuation of the past, and ongoing Republican failures." "Maybe the right person for the job of speaker of the House isn't someone who has sold shares of himself for more than a decade to get it. McCarthy also agreed to to change a rule that would allow a group of five members to offer a resolution to remove the speaker. "Maybe the right person for the job of speaker of the House isn't someone who wants it so bad," Gaetz said. "House Democrats are unified, ready, willing and able to get to work on behalf of everyday Americans. "I'm for Kevin McCarthy and I've told you guys I don't know how many times, I want to chair the Judiciary Committee," he said. In Round 2, the counts for Jeffries and McCarthy stayed the same, however, 19 votes went to Ohio Republican Rep.

The G.O.P. has gone from being a disciplined party of limited government to a party of anti-government protest to, now, a party of performative verbiage.

has gone from being a ruthless and disciplined party of limited government and trickle-down economics to a party of anti-government protest to, now, a party of performative verbiage—in which the likes of Gaetz and Boebert (and, of course, Trump) are far more interested in boosting their follower count, raising money, and appearing on “The Sean Hannity Show” or Newsmax than they are in governance. The irony is that McCarthy had already prostrated himself before the ultras, offering them a series of rule changes, one of which would allow just five representatives to force a vote on ousting the Speaker. Gaetz, in his speech nominating Jordan, described McCarthy as an inveterate swamp creature who “had sold shares of himself for a decade” to get the job of Speaker. Even as McCarthy told reporters that he had no intention of dropping out, it wasn’t evident what good a delay would do. It is the essence of a revolution, especially one staged for social media and Fox News, that the revolutionaries cannot be bought off by members of the corrupt establishment. [Kevin McCarthy](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/12/26/what-kevin-mccarthy-will-do-to-gain-power), the California Republican who had been confidently predicting a victory despite steadfast opposition from some of the ultra wingnuts in the G.O.P. He must have thought that it would be more rewarding to spend the next two years going after the F.B.I., the Justice Department, and Hunter Biden than trying to deal with the likes of Gaetz, Lauren Boebert, and Andy Biggs—the outgoing head of the Freedom Caucus, who stood against McCarthy in the first ballot on Monday. Until Monday, the most embarrassing moment of McCarthy’s career was when, three weeks after [January 6th](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/25/among-the-insurrectionists), he hightailed it down to Mar-a-Lago to pay homage to the disgraced instigator of a failed autogolpe. Having secured the position he wants as chair of the Judiciary Committee, the Ohioan was evidently content to support McCarthy for Speaker rather than pursue the top office himself. Not in a hundred years had it been such fun to be in the new minority party. “I’ve got my popcorn ready,” she joked on Twitter, where she also posted a picture of herself just outside the Speaker’s lobby. Robin Kelly, the Democratic representative of Illinois’s Second District, had the right idea when she headed into the House chamber early Tuesday afternoon.

Republican rebels defeated party leader Kevin McCarthy three times. Can he still find a way to win?

One suggestion verged on fantasy (five Republicans decide to vote for Mr Jeffries, a Democrat, and deliver him control of the House). "Kevin McCarthy has not made friends with certain segments of the caucus for a while, he's made a lot of enemies," said one Republican lobbyist, who requested anonymity to speak frankly about Tuesday's vote. The other Republican lobbyist, however, believed there was "no path to victory, at all, period." Mr McCarthy entered into negotiations with his detractors - who see him as too mainstream and power hungry - offering concessions to try to win their vote. That allowed a group of hardline conservatives to band together to oppose his nomination. Instead, Mr McCarthy faced a rebellion from within his own ranks and made history for all the wrong reasons.

Republican leader goes into high-stakes vote as potentially first nominee in 100 years without sufficient support to win.

“I’m a Florida man, and I know of what I speak.” “Kevin McCarthy had an opportunity to be speaker of the House. “Our conference needs to recess and huddle and find someone or work out the next steps … Scott Perry, the Freedom Caucus chair, reiterated his opposition on Tuesday and accused McCarthy of failing to work in good faith with his group. But McCarthy actually lost support on the third ballot. [first nominee for speaker in 100 years](https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-house-of-representatives-kentucky-kevin-mccarthy-e177c4405ef9b8a7b38641a15855764c) to fail to win the first vote for the gavel. In the first vote, a third nomination was put forward by the Arizona congressman Paul Gosar, a far-right Republican who offered his fellow Arizonan, Andy Biggs, as a conservative alternative. “The reality is … “We may have a battle on the floor,” McCarthy told reporters. “No one in this body has worked harder for this Republican majority than Kevin McCarthy,” Stefanik said. McCarthy suggested he was comfortable breaking the record for the longest speakership election in history, which In the third vote McCarthy lost one more supporter, intensifying concerns that he would fail to unite his caucus.

House of Representatives to reconvene on Wednesday after Republican leader loses three separate votes for the top job.

McCarthy has been backed by Donald Trump for the post of House speaker. However, while he had the backing of the vast majority of his party in the chamber, he only received 203 votes as initially 19 Republicans supported other people. If others do likewise on Wednesday it could prove very serious for McCarthy who had been seen as the front-runner to become speaker. At a meeting of his party members in advance of the first vote on Tuesday, McCarthy maintained he had “earned the job” of speaker after the party won control of the House of Representatives for the first time since 2018. McCarthy needs 218 votes to be elected speaker. Jeffries succeeded former speaker Nancy Pelosi as the leading Democrat in the chamber after she stepped down late last year.

In the first day of what could prove to be a brutal showdown between about 20 hardliners and the other 202 members of the Republican caucus, McCarthy failed ...

The Democrats picked Jeffries to serve as minority leader after Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to serve as speaker, announced that she would step down from her leadership role. "We need to rally around him," Jordan had said in an impassioned speech on the House floor. He noted that McCarthy previously tried in 2015 to become speaker and failed in the face of conservative opposition, adding, "He's not gonna have this chance again." As speaker, McCarthy would be well placed to frustrate Biden's legislative ambitions. The chamber's top Democrat, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, bested McCarthy in all three votes. Their slim 222-212 majority gives greater clout to a small group of hardliners, who want to focus on dealing defeat to Democrats and pushing investigations of President Joe Biden's administration and family.

It is the first time in 100 years that a nominee for House speaker failed to be appointed on the first vote.

After being elected to Congress he quickly became Chief Deputy Whip and later served as Majority Whip. [Why the Republicans are struggling to pick a new House Speaker](https://news.sky.com/story/why-the-republicans-are-struggling-to-pick-a-new-house-speaker-12779825) [Democrat](https://news.sky.com/topic/democratic-party-7248) speaker [Nancy Pelosi](https://news.sky.com/topic/nancy-pelosi-8315) with party leader Mr McCarthy after wresting control of the House in the recent midterm elections It is the first time in 100 years that a nominee for House speaker failed to be appointed on the first vote. And in a post on his social media platform, Mr Trump repeated his support when he wrote: "It's now time for all of our GREAT Republican House Members to VOTE FOR KEVIN, CLOSE THE DEAL, TAKE THE VICTORY. It is the first time in 100 years that a nominee for House speaker failed to be appointed on the first vote with the process leaving the Republicans bitterly divided, despite taking control of the House in the recent elections.

House Republicans are at a contentious stalemate over who will serve as the next speaker as Kevin McCarthy vows to continue his increasingly imperiled bid ...

One lawmaker who spoke with Trump late Tuesday suggested the former president should run for speaker himself, according to a person briefed on the call. The tally for the second ballot was 203 votes for McCarthy with 19 votes for GOP Rep. Two GOP sources familiar with the matter said McCarthy’s allies were panicking on Tuesday after the former president gave a tepid response to NBC News when asked about his support for McCarthy. In the fourth round of voting, 20 Republicans voting together for Donalds as the group switched their collective support from Jordan to Donalds. Trump put out a strong endorsement on Truth Social Wednesday morning, imploring Republicans not to “TURN A GREAT TRIUMPH INTO A GIANT & EMBARRASSING DEFEAT” and urging them to vote for McCarthy. McCarthy has already given in to a number of their demands, including making it increasingly easier to topple the sitting speaker, but so far his efforts have not been enough. The tally for the first ballot in the speaker vote was 203 for McCarthy, with 19 Republicans voting for other candidates. His obstacle is that he faces a small but determined contingent of hardline conservatives who have so far been successful in denying him the votes to secure the gavel. Sources said the talks Wednesday between McCarthy allies and holdouts have been the most productive and serious ones to date. McCarthy’s latest concession would be a significant win for hardline conservatives – after the California Republican had already proposed a five-member threshold, down from current conference rules that require half of the GOP to call for such a vote. The House GOP majority has been stuck at a contentious stalemate amid opposition to McCarthy from a group of conservatives. The House will continue to be paralyzed until this standoff is resolved.