The Home has adjourned till 10 p.m. Friday, after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), for the primary time in days, picked up new GOP votes in his quest to change into Speaker.
McCarthy gained the votes of 14 Republicans who had been casting ballots for different candidates and one who had been voting “current.”
With six holdouts, nevertheless, he was unable to safe the gavel on the thirteenth vote.
McCarthy, his allies and detractors will now return to negotiations as he seeks to shut an more and more slender hole earlier than a 14th vote.
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