Texas congressmen among Republican rebels voting against Kevin McCarthy’s speaker bid

Republicans Chip Roy, R-Austin, Michael Cloud, R-Victoria, and Keith Self, R-McKinney, were among 20 hard-line GOP rebels who held the line and voted against Rep. Kevin McCarthy for speaker. | sergiomarbel

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Austin, speaks from the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday during the vote for speaker. He voted against Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., three times.

The opposition left the lower chamber without a top leader at least until Wednesday, when lawmakers will reconvene to vote again. But Self said even that concession seems to have been made to appease conservatives like him and not to actually improve the legislative process. He surprised his colleagues when he voted for Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., for speaker once and for Rep. Jordan twice.

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