The California Republican still needs at least 218 votes to become House speaker. That vote will be on Jan. 3.
U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-California, arrives as U.S. House Republicans gather for leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
During the House Republican Conference meeting Tuesday to pick its leadership for the next Congress, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Austin, nominated Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Arizona, as an alternative candidate for speaker in a direct challenge to McCarthy, according to a source familiar with the secret ballot voting process. U.S. Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Victoria, seconded the nomination.
“In the private sector, if you don’t perform the way you should, usually there’s some sort of change,” Roy said Monday on Fox News.McCarthy ended up victorious in the vote to be the party’s choice for speaker on a 188-31 vote,. But that didn’t deter Roy, who said in a statement to the Tribune, “My position remains the same until further notice — no one has 218 . We have to sit down and establish the fundamental changes needed.
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