McCarthy's Bid for House Speaker Fails Three Times in a Row

A band of ultraconservative rebels on Tuesday thwarted Kevin McCarthy

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leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, from being given the speaker's gavel

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first three votes in the new Republican majorityome

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marking the first time the House has gone to multiple ballots to elect a speaker in 100 years

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McCarthy failed to achieve no fewer than 218 votes in the first ballot for the position held by second in line to the Oval Office after the vice president

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