Who Is Kevin Mccarthy

• Next test for new U.S. House speaker Kevin McCarthy? Win GOP support for House rules

  After a15-ballot election to become House speaker, Kevin McCarthy faces his next big test in governing a fractious, slim majority: passing a rules package to govern the House.

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  Jan 8, 2023
  
• Kevin McCarthy elected U.S. House speaker on 15th ballot, ending 4-day stalemate

  After four days of grueling ballots, McCarthy flipped more than a dozen conservative holdouts to become supporters, with the remaining holdouts finally dropping their opposition.

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  Jan 6, 2023
  
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• Who is Kevin McCarthy? A look at the Republican struggling to become U.S. House speaker

  Multiple rounds of votes have produced almost the same outcome with 20 Republican holdouts still refusing to support Kevin McCarthy, leaving him short of the 218 needed to win.

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  Jan 5, 2023
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• U.S. House speaker race deadlocked for 3rd day as Kevin McCarthy’s losses mount

  McCarthy lost seventh, eighth and then historic ninth, 10th and 11th rounds of voting, surpassing the number it took the last time this happened, 100 years ago.

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  Jan 5, 2023