Twenty-one Republican members-elect in the House are holding out on voting for GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy of California as the House continues its votes to elect a speaker.
Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on the growing gridlock between House Republicans with no speaker emerging after eight votes.is headed into its ninth vote to determine the House speaker as 21 Republicans are withholding their support for GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy of California.for other candidates.
Spartz – who has voted present in recent rounds after initially backing McCarthy – is the one Republican of the 21 who has yet to vote for a McCarthy opponent. The split has resulted in neither McCarthy nor Jeffries having a majority vote to take the speakership, causing the House to grind to a halt and preventing each member from being sworn-in or do any official business for the first time in a century.Donalds, pictured on the right, has been a popular member the Freedom caucus crowd has coalesced behind, but some members have opted to vote for other candidates including Rep.-elect Kevin Hern, R-Ok., and former President Trump.
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