BREAKING: Kevin #McCarthy Looses 4th Ballot To Become Speaker?—-The GOP leader Kevin McCarthy appears to have lost a fourth bid to become House speaker, as Republicans returned to the Capitol Wednesday to do what they couldn’t do Tuesday: elect a new House speaker.
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The situation has left Congress paralyzed, since no member of the House of Representatives can be sworn in and no rules can be adopted until a speaker is chosen.
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The House remained stuck after McCarthy was nominated, for a fourth time in two days, for the top job in that chamber. He appears to have failed again to have secured that job.
See the newest votes:
Final Fourth Ballot Vote Tally »
| Total | Dem. | Rep. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 McCarthy | 201 | 0 | 201 | Needed to win |
 Donalds | 20 | 0 | 20 | |
 Jeffries | 212 | 212 | 0 |
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CREDIT: USTODAY
