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Republicans work towards electing a new Speaker of the House on Capitol Hill, in Washington

Politics Oct 16

House enters 3rd week without speaker as GOP infighting keeps Congress at standstill

By Lisa Desjardins

Politics Jan 06

U.S. representatives gather for a fourth day to try to elect a new Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol in Washington
Watch 6:07
McCarthy still short of votes to become speaker, but emerging deal chips away at holdouts

After four days and 13 rounds of voting, the House made some progress Friday but has still failed to elect a speaker. More than a dozen Republicans switched their votes to support Congressman Kevin McCarthy, but a handful of hard-right…

By Lisa Desjardins, Ali Schmitz

Politics Jan 04

U.S. representatives gather to try to elect a new Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol in Washington
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Speaker vote deadlocked again after second day of infighting among House Republicans

After two days and six rounds of votes, the House of Representatives has still not elected a speaker. Nearly two dozen Republicans have blocked Congressman Kevin McCarthy from taking the gavel and there’s no end in sight. Lisa Desjardins reports…

By Lisa Desjardins, Ali Schmitz, Ian Couzens

Politics Jan 03

U.S. representatives gather to vote for their new Speaker of the House on the first day of the new Congress at the U.S. Ca...
Watch 8:59
House adjourns until Wednesday after McCarthy fails to win enough votes to become speaker

Tuesday marked the start of a new Congress with Democrats retaining the Senate and Republicans taking control of the House. Republican Kevin McCarthy has aimed to be Speaker for years but a group of his own party members adamantly opposed…

By Lisa Desjardins, Ali Schmitz

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