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Kevin McCarthy Racks Up Historic 9th Loss for House Speaker
Republican U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California has again failed to become speaker of the House, with his colleagues having taken nine votes as of Thursday afternoon without a majority settling on a speaker — and the House can’t do any other business until that happens.McCarthy, a former majority and minority leader in the House, is opposed by many members of his party’s far right, even though he’s pretty far to the right himself.