JUST IN: U.S. House Adjourns Without a Speaker After GOP Leader McCarthy Loses Sixth Vote
Outgoing Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo., pointed out that a host of constituent services were essentially frozen until the new Congress is sworn in.
A core group of 20 GOP holdouts voted for Florida Rep. Byron Donalds in several rounds of votes Wednesday, each time denying McCarthy the 218 votes he needs to take the gavel.The mood on the House floor grew more contentious throughout the day, as Republicans loyal to McCarthy grew increasingly frustrated, and Democrats grew impatient over five hours of voting.
Donalds, who was nominated by Texas Republican Chip Roy, told reporters outside the chamber that he would reinstate a House rule to"vacate the chair" if he were elected. That would make it easier to replace the future House speaker. "I would anticipate would act to secure the homeland to take care of the American people," he said."When it comes to leveraging money to be spent in response, that's something the members would have to put into their calculus as well. But that doesn't mean that we should speed up our business here for some that may exist at some point."
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