Republican favorite Kevin McCarthy was named speaker of the US House of Representatives on Saturday as he quelled a fierce rebellion among his party’s ranks that had paralyzed the lower chamber of Congress for days.
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As he accepted the gavel, McCarthy vowed House Republicans would “pass bills to fix the nation’s challenges, from the wide open southern border to ‘America last’ energy policies, to woke indoctrination in our schools.” As Matt Gaetz voted “present” to deny McCarthy the gavel, the disappointed Republican leader went over to talk to the Florida lawmaker-elect face-to-face.
McCarthy predicted he would win in the 14th round — but suffered a humiliation given wall-to-wall coverage on US news channels before finally bagging his victory in the 15th.There were more rounds of voting in the fractious 2023 contest than in any speaker election since the Civil War.
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