McCarthy Vows Progress Ahead 12. Speaker Vote

As The House This is Representatives Participants entered the fourth day without electing a speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R. Calif.), who has failed to achieve a majority vote on 11 ballots so far, told reporters on Friday He hopes to make progress towards convincing Republican He is not being elected speaker by the holdouts.

“We’re going to make progress, we’re going to shock you,” McCarthy said Ahead of a Friday Morning conference call with Republican members. Since TuesdayMcCarthy has been stopped in his bid for the office of speaker by about 20 GOP members who refuse to vote or demand concessions.

McCarthy didn’t predict he would win the job. Friday, saying, “I don’t know if we get there today, but we’ll get us some progress.”

The Republican The impasse in which the majority votes to elect a new speaker is unprecedented in the last century. The last time It took Congress More than 11 votes were cast to select a speaker in 1859 when the RepublicanThe eight-week process of reaching a consensus among the -led coalition took place.

With Democrats Unite in voting Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D., N.Y.), for speaker McCarthy can only afford four losses Republican Vote in order to win a majority. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R., Fla.), who leads the anti-McCarthy coalition, has said He won’t relent in his opposition to McCarthy.

Amid The long battle is not over. Republican The lawmakers House National security committees warned that the party’s inability without a speaker to perform oversight puts the party at risk. “safety and security of the United States at risk,” The Washington Free Beacon reported.