After Hours Of Voting, House Adjourns Til Tomorrow With GOP Failing To Elect Speaker

January 3, 2023
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 14: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., right, and former Speak John Boehner, R-Ohio, attend a portrait unveiling ceremony for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in the ... UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 14: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., right, and former Speak John Boehner, R-Ohio, attend a portrait unveiling ceremony for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in the U.S. Capitols Statuary Hall on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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January 3, 2023

Republicans officially take over the House Tuesday with a razor-thin majority. Members will vote on the House speaker and — if a speaker is elected — new and re-elected representatives will be sworn in. There is still a lot unknown about how the speakership vote will go but it is expected to be long and chaotic.

A speaker’s race hasn’t gone to a second ballot in a century, but after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) failed to get the 218 votes he needs to became speaker in the first three rounds, the House voted to adjourn until Wednesday at noon EST.

Catch up on our live coverage of the historically unprecedented rounds of speakership votes below:

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Republicans officially take over the House Tuesday with a razor-thin majority. Members will vote on the House speaker and — if a speaker is elected — new and re-elected representatives will be sworn in. There is still a lot unknown about how the speakership vote will go but it is expected to be long and chaotic.

A speaker’s race hasn’t gone to a second ballot in a century, but after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) failed to get the 218 votes he needs to became speaker in the first three rounds, the House voted to adjourn until Wednesday at noon EST.

Catch up on our live coverage of the historically unprecedented rounds of speakership votes below:

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