McCarthy claims speakership on 15th ballot

Jan 7 2023 by POLITICO - TOP Stories


Kevin McCarthy will be speaker of the House after eking out a majority on the 15th ballot, ending a grueling four days of GOP infighting that left the country without a functioning chamber of the legislative branch.

The vote, which concluded early Saturday morning, marks the completion of a comeback for the California Republican, who's risen throughout his party's House leadership for more than a decade. Yet his victory also illuminated the frailty of his leadership mandate, as...

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