Kevin McCarthy Is Finally Speaker. Let’s See If He Can Get a Word In

Kevin McCarthy, despite all odds, and after a historic lapse in government function, has finally been elected House Speaker. Following four days of voting, McCarthy won the speakership early Saturday morning with 215 votes on the 15th ballot. Six Republican holdouts ended up voting “present,” lowering the threshold McCarthy needed to meet to win. The resolution of this chaotic process, the first time in a century that the United States House of Representatives failed to elect a speaker on the first ballot, came after days of backdoor dealings and negotiations with a group of roughly 20 ultra-right-wing dissenters, who had… Read Full Article